A group of tenant advocates are asking Pittsburgh City Council to expand a program that provides free legal assistance to low-income renters facing eviction.
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911 dispatchers in Clinton County can now connect to a caller’s camera to get a better understanding of the situation. It’s a growing program throughout Pennsylvania and nationwide.
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Craig Williams and Dave Sunday, Republican candidates for Pennsylvania attorney general, squared off Thursday night in a debate that highlighted some sharp differences.
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The move comes as a number of Downtown office buildings have sought, and won, lower tax assessments in the wake of the coronavirus and court-mandated changes to assessments.
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All the candidates agreed that adult recreational use of marijuana should be legal, and that more needed to be done to tackle opioid abuse. They each said they would ensure abortion access is protected. They promised to do more to get guns off the streets. And they all agreed with the decision to ban TikTok on government devices.
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The five Democratic candidates for Pennsylvania's top prosecutor are playing down criminal justice reform — a sign of how the politics around crime have changed even as crime rates ebb from a post-pandemic spike.
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A Pennsylvania prison unit is helping men with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities stay safe behind bars while learning life skills.
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The city terminated police officer Keith Edmonds in March 2022. He subsequently appealed his firing, which came about five months after the Taser incident that left Jim Rogers dead.
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Arguing that solitary confinement worsens mental health crises and violates Constitutional rights, six people incarcerated at prisons throughout Pennsylvania have filed a federal class action lawsuit seeking to end indefinite use of the practice.
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The measure is the most minor criminal offense issued in Pennsylvania and can go on a student’s permanent record.
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‘Don’t close my school’: PPS students, staff turn out in droves to discuss possible closures, safetyClose to 100 students, parents and staff packed the Pittsburgh Public Schools board hearing Monday to discuss transparency, budget cuts and potential building closures.