Oliver Morrison
ReporterOliver Morrison is a general assignment reporter at WESA. He previously covered education, environment and health for PublicSource in Pittsburgh and, before that, breaking news and weekend features for the Wichita Eagle in Kansas. He started his career in New York reporting for local and national publications like City Limits and The Atlantic. He taught English and theater in the Arkansas Delta for seven years before switching careers in 2013. Oliver is a graduate of Deep Springs College, the University of Oxford and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Email: omorrison@wesa.fm.
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Pennsylvania is processing permits and licenses faster, Gov Shapiro says at Hill District barbershopShapiro has pushed Pennsylvania officials to reduce the time it takes to process around 2,400 kinds of business licenses and permits, he said. That boosts the economy, Shapiro said, because nearly a million Pennsylvanians require some kind of license to work. -
New Kensington will join Pittsburgh in an effort to reduce carbon emissions: Building owners commit to reducing their energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and in return, they receive training and a community of support to help them lower their utility bills. -
The official recount in the race for the U.S. Senate between Sen. Bob Casey and his Republican challenger Dave McCormick got underway in Allegheny County on Wednesday. -
The decision was confined to the question of whether or not the closure needed to be stopped immediately to prevent causing “irreparable harm.” The judge found that the harms presented could later be undone through monetary compensation. -
Voters listed as unregistered in Pennsylvania can cast a provisional ballot in the hopes that elections officials will find their registration later. Sen. Bob Casey's campaign has been trying to find voters who might have been listed as unregistered by mistake, though such cases seem rare. -
Allegheny County elections workers began adding provisional ballots to the county’s vote tally on Tuesday, while the Board of Elections began deciding which ballots that have been challenged can be counted. -
Allegheny County has long been a bastion of Democratic voters, and a key base of support for Kamala Harris on Tuesday. The Democrats running for Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives this year had a mixed record relative to the top of the ticket: One outperformed Harris with county voters, one did about the same and one underperformed her. -
The 2020 election saw a major realignment of voting patterns in Allegheny County, one that helped send Joe Biden to the White House. The election Tuesday reinforced that dynamic, albeit with slight precinct-level changes that, on balance, favored Donald Trump. -
The race between Democratic incumbent Chris Deluzio and Republican challenger Rob Mercuri could help decide who controls Congress. -
Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey faces Republican challenger Dave McCormick in a pivotal election.
