An-Li Herring
ReporterAn-Li Herring is a reporter for 90.5 WESA, with a focus on economic policy, local government, and the courts. She previously interned for NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg in Washington, DC, and the investigations team at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A Pittsburgh native, An-Li completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan and earned her law degree from Stanford University. She can be reached at aherring@wesa.fm.
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Comcast said Thursday that 100 women and minority-owned small businesses in Allegheny County will each receive $10,000 in unrestricted funding. The grant application period will last between June 1 and 14. -
The hot job market has opened up opportunities for formerly incarcerated people who may have had a harder time finding work in the past. (Story first aired on Weekend Sunday on May 8, 2022.)
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Today’s red-hot labor market has employers recruiting furiously for workers. There’s evidence that businesses across the country have opened up positions to people whose criminal pasts once might have shut them out of jobs.
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The hot job market has opened up opportunities for formerly incarcerated people who may have had a harder time finding work in the past. Some employers are even actively recruiting at jails.
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The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against the regional newspaper last week. It accuses managers of refusing to bargain in good faith with unionized journalists and of unilaterally changing workplace policies.
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A state disciplinary board publicly reprimanded Pittsburgh defense attorney Milton Raiford last week for harming two clients who he declined to represent in 2021. Raiford withdrew from one of the cases due to his public feud with Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr.
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Female founders attract a tiny fraction of the venture capital raised by male entrepreneurs. But local business incubator Ascender and New York-based venture group Chloe Capital will host a funding pitch event in East Liberty Wednesday that will feature women-led companies.
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Self-driving technology executives say state regulations on driverless vehicle testing limit their industry's growth in Pittsburgh. They say the region also must equip its workforce to fill a range of roles at their companies.
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State Rep. Lori Mizgorski and public defense attorney Jake Roberts face off in the GOP primary for a chance to flip this state Senate seat, which is currently held by Democratic incumbent Lindsey Williams, back to the Republican party.
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The White House launched a media campaign last week to push Congress to approve tens of billions of new investment in semiconductor production. Industry experts say the Bipartisan Innovation Act has the potential to counteract the global chip shortage that has hobbled the development and deployment of cutting-edge technologies taking shape at Pittsburgh companies.
