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Allegheny County voter guide 2024: Who’s on the ballot?
2024年10月8日 · Voting details. For details about how to vote in your county, visit your county’s elections website. Mail-in voting is underway, and voters can apply for a mail-in ballot through Oct. 29.; On Election Day, Nov. 5, polls are open statewide from 7 a.m. through 8 p.m. Voters can return mail-in ballots to their county through 8 p.m. that day.
Healing stories could turn the page for Pittsburgh’s Hill District
2024年10月4日 · The Great Migration, the outpouring of Black people fleeing Southern racial oppression, pushed a wave of African Americans into the Hill. By 1930, there were 50,000 Blacks living in the Hill, more than double its Black population in 1910.
Pittsburgh police chief Scirotto to retire after 18 months
2024年10月25日 · Pittsburgh Police Chief Larry Scirotto is leaving his post after just 18 months, city officials confirmed Friday, after a week of controversy surrounding his plans to work as a college basketball referee on the side.
McCormick clinches Senate seat in tight win over Casey
2024年11月7日 · HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania’s pivotal U.S. Senate seat, as the former CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund beat three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Tuesday’s election after accusing the incumbent of supporting policies that led to inflation, domestic turmoil and war.. The battleground state contest pads Republicans’ majority in the ...
PPS struggles to find staff for growing ELL student body
2024年11月21日 · At South Hills Middle School in Beechview, Ashley Haftl teaches math to a newcomer English learners class. Many of the students came from countries facing war or conflict such as Syria and Afghanistan, and did not receive any formal education prior to …
As appeals mount, will Innamorato do a property tax reassessment?
2024年2月1日 · As thousands of pending appeals threaten to upend municipal and school budgets, County Executive Sara Innamorato is taking a cautious path on one of her key campaign planks supporting routine countywide reassessments.
EQT: Climate change, politics and Appalachia
2024年3月4日 · CEO Toby Rice wants to lead “the largest green initiative on the planet.” Explore the politics, dollars and communities in the natural gas producer’s fracking path.
PA changed its standard for involuntary mental health
2019年10月24日 · The new AOT law. Pennsylvania was the 47th state to adopt AOT standards with less strict criteria. According to the memo of the Pennsylvania bill, sponsored by state Rep. Thomas Murt, R-Montgomery, its goal was to allow for less restrictive treatment settings and the chance to intervene sooner “before someone becomes dangerous and tragedy strikes.”
Trans rights, care in the balance in presidential race
2024年10月21日 · Down-ballot races could influence access, too: Twenty-six states have enacted laws limiting youth access to gender-affirming care. Though Pennsylvania isn’t among them, Republican members of the state House of Representatives have introduced legislation this year proposing legal protection for any parent who won’t consent to this kind of care for their child.