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Leaders from several Pittsburgh-area centers are urging congressional Democrats to “keep up the fight,” to extend health insurance subsidies even if it means the shutdown drags on.
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On Tuesday, elections office head Dave Voye said the county has sent out more than 137,000 mail-in ballots and received about one third of them back. Democrats have requested about four-and-a-half times as many of those ballots as Republicans have so far. -
The Nonhuman Rights Project has sued the Pittsburgh Zoo to gain the release of five elephants over alleged mistreatment. -
Allegheny County officials are celebrating having housed more than 500 individuals as part of its "500 in 500" initiative. -
The move, which is set to take place in the latter part of 2026, is expected to create 735 jobs and retain 265 others, Gov. Josh Shapiro's office says. -
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's memoir is coming out in January. It touches on his political rise and the trauma of his home being set on fire. -
The non-profit Three Rivers Waterkeeper has a new opportunity to monitor a chemical plant that discharges pollution into the Monongahela River. -
The Insurance Department issued the directive after changes at the CDC made access uncertain -
Pittsburgh has 90 neighborhoods and commutes between them are frequent. Whether it’s for work or recreation, traveling between areas is essential to a resident — car or not.
For all the political debate about whether or not to retain state Supreme Court justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty or David Wecht this fall, one question rarely gets discussed: If voters decide to send them home on Nov. 4 … what happens next?
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A consultant hired by U.S. Steel to investigate an Aug. 11 explosion at the company’s Clairton Coke Works found water pumped into a valve during a scheduled maintenance exceeded the valve’s pressure rating, leading to the blast that killed two workers. -
In the race to develop data centers to satiate the growing appetite for artificial intelligence, Washington County is hoping to be a contender. -
The state House Judiciary Committee moved a six-bill package with bipartisan support. -
A man who sent a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” to a woman he later pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting has been sentenced to two to four years in prison. -
Representatives from across health care fields, universities and businesses are meeting this week at the University of Pittsburgh for a summit on the intersection of health, AI and tech.
