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A report commissioned by a leading proponent of annexing Wilkinsburg into Pittsburgh found that the city school district would expect to net about $600,000 a year if it were to take on the Wilkinsburg school district.
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Those in charge of drawing the state’s congressional and legislative maps have blown the Wolf administration’s Jan. 24 deadline for final versions.
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Ben Roethlisberger’s NFL career is over. The longtime Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback has announced his retirement. In a video message, Roethlisberger said it was “time to clean out my locker, hang up my cleats” after 18 years, two Super Bowls, countless team records and a likely spot in the Hall of Fame.
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The House and Senate's top GOP budget negotiators say the state's $7.76 billion in extra relief and tax money can't be stretched too thin.
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In his veto message, the Democratic governor said the map failed “the test of fundamental fairness.”
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Civil rights activist and Pittsburgh resident Alma Speed Fox died on Monday at the age of 98. She was the former president of the Pittsburgh branch of the NAACP and sat on the Pittsburgh Human Relations Commission for more than 30 years.
The small, state-owned road is a critical connection in an area primed to see significant growth, and people disagree about how best to fix it.
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Stressed out nurses are ditching their jobs for lucrative travel gigs, while overburdened hospitals see record staffing shortages.
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The Allegheny County Health Department and other local groups allege there have been over 12,000 violations.
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Patients who speak little to no English are less likely to be diagnosed with heart disease, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh.
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A statewide court has at least a dozen different proposed maps of Pennsylvania’s congressional district boundaries to consider, now that Gov. Tom Wolf and lawmakers appear hopelessly deadlocked.
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Two months after the omicron variant of the coronavirus slammed hospitals with unvaccinated patients, Pennsylvania’s Legislature is sending fast-tracked legislation to Gov. Tom Wolf to help keep burned-out health care workers on board during a staffing crisis.
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