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Spotlight PA’s attempt to count police agencies in Pennsylvania unearthed large discrepancies — and that has implications for accountability.
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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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Eighth graders will return to Duquesne City School District in August -- more than a decade after the district closed its middle and high schools. Superintendent Sue Mariani says she hopes the move will help to heal the social and economic impact the closures had on the community.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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