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On today’s episode of The Confluence: The board of the Pittsburgh Public Schools is scheduled to vote tonight to revise the district's sex education policy to be more inclusive and remove the emphasis on abstinence-only education; the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Governance and Markets has received a $2.4 million grant to study how society can overcome differences; and a conversation about independent state legislature doctrine. Today’s guests include: Sarah Schneider, WESA education reporter; and Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, founding director of the Center for Governance and Markets and a professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.
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A motion passed on Tuesday urges the General Assembly to amend state law and allow home rule jurisdictions, including Allegheny County, to regulate gun ownership and transportation.
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Pennsylvania’s next budget could provide state-related universities — including the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State, Temple and Lincoln - with a 5% increase in state funding.
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Representatives of the autonomous technology sector say their industry is poised to take off in southwestern Pennsylvania. But they say the state must first ease its restrictions on the testing of driverless vehicles.
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During budget negotiations in June, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf let the GOP-controlled legislature kill a regulation that would have given more workers overtime pay. Although the policy could have benefited as many as 190,000 lower-paid salaried workers, its repeal provoked little public outcry.
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Pennsylvania state House Democrats say they’re trying to “force a vote” on a package of bills meant to serve as a backstop should the Affordable Care Act…
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When Pennsylvania lawmakers were rushing to wrap up the session's business in June, aides to state Attorney General Josh Shapiro came to them with a…
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The Wolf administration is calling on state lawmakers to pass a number of bills that have gone stagnant in the legislature. They're all related to giving…
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Several advocacy groups are pulling their support for a redistricting bill making its way through the state legislature. On Tuesday, Republicans in the…
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Across the U.S. and in western Pennsylvania, women appear poised to post major victories in the 2018 elections. But two local women who once served in the…