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Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey announced plans to use $2.1 million in federal coronavirus aid to boost housing availability downtown.
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In the weekend after the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade, the website AbortionFinder.com recorded around 50,000 searches for abortion providers – 10 times as many as the previous weekend.
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There were some 1,700 COVID-19 cases reported in Allegheny County in the past week, ending Wednesday. This is about 70 more compared to the previous week.
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A state court is permanently blocking Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to toll as many as nine major bridges on interstates in Pennsylvania, including I-79 bridges over Route 50 in Allegheny County. The court sided with three Pittsburgh-area municipalities that argued that his administration had violated procedures in getting to the advanced stage of considering the idea.
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Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Senate is approving bills to prohibit classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and require educators to notify parents of sexually explicit content in the curriculum and library books.
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Pennsylvania’s new fiscal year will begin without a state budget in place, as Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and top Republican lawmakers planned to work through the deadline to hammer out a roughly $42 billion spending plan whose details were still largely being kept secret.
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Whether the high-profile races for governor and U.S. Senate motivates voters to turn out this fall is an open question.
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A worker at the Planned Parenthood location in downtown Pittsburgh said the clinic has received nonstop calls from across the region since the right to abortion was overturned.
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Anthrocon, the convention for fans of all-things anthropomorphic, is back in Pittsburgh starting Thursday after two years of virtual events.
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The federal judge overseeing the capital prosecution of Robert Bowers said the trial will likely begin between April and June of 2023. But U.S. District Judge Robert Colville said the timing will depend in part on input he receives from attorneys later this summer.
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Braddock residents and environmental advocates rallied against emissions from U.S. Steels’ Edgar Thomson Works at a public hearing Wednesday night. Speakers voiced opinions on a new operating permit for the plant proposed by the Allegheny County Health Department.
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BLaQK House Collections gallery has closed its doors in a dispute with its landlord
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Surprising gains in parking and amusement tax revenue paint an optimistic picture of Pittsburgh's financial recovery.
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Symptoms of monkeypox can include fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes and a blistery rash. The Pittsburgh case brings the statewide total to five.
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Under the measure approved almost entirely along party lines in both chambers, watchers would be allowed to stand at least six feet from election workers and voters, with an option to move closer.
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