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Apr 18, 2024
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s newly released energy plans for Pennsylvania aren’t perfect, and certainly won’t satisfy everyone. There are aspects...
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Apr 17, 2024
A new state stipend program is compensating educators for mandatory unpaid student-teaching, a welcome support whose immediate success has proven its necessity....
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Apr 12, 2024
Pittsburgh needs a rental property registry. After years of battles between the city and landlords’ associations, the fight has finally reached the...
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Apr 1, 2024
The Gainey administration’s scheme to squeeze taxes out of currently tax exempt properties — including, shockingly, Children’s Hospital...
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Apr 1, 2024
Connections are essential. In life, in careers and especially in commerce.
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Mar 28, 2024
There is no future for Pittsburgh Public Schools unless it closes schools and significantly reduces its real estate portfolio. That’s the clear conclusion...
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Mar 21, 2024
Nippon Steel’s bid to purchase U.S. Steel is the best available option to ensure the long-term stability of the American steel industry, and to keep...
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Mar 19, 2024
Perhaps the most consequential vote of any legislative body in Allegheny County for the last decade will take place at Wednesday’s Pittsburgh Public...
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Mar 12, 2024
America’s bloated prison population has long held many of our society’s most vulnerable, including the mentally and cognitively impaired. Over...
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Mar 11, 2024
Pittsburgh’s roads are emptier and deadlier than ever before. The Gainey administration recently recommitted itself to “Vision Zero,”...
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Mar 4, 2024
More than almost any other city in America, the fate of Downtown determines the fate of Pittsburgh. But Pittsburgh’s investments in revitalizing...
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Mar 1, 2024
A recent study by real estate company Redfin found that Pittsburgh has the largest share in the country of empty nester Boomers living in large houses...
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Feb 29, 2024
During last week’s Allegheny County Council meeting, the time occupied by public commenters on the war in Gaza — including those carelessly...
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Feb 21, 2024
Pennsylvania should join the growing number of states — currently 26, including neighbors New York and Maryland — that allow certified registered...
Apr 18, 2024Gov. Josh Shapiro’s newly released energy plans for Pennsylvania aren’t perfect, and certainly won’t satisfy everyone. There are aspects...