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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One lesson of this year’s primary election seems to be that it’s hard to win a race with only a single issue, or with a focus on a single demographic or geographic base. Both of those problems were evident in the battle for the Democratic nomination for the 12th Congressional district.
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Voters in two state House districts east of Pittsburgh confirmed the incumbents largely chosen for them by party leaders a year ago.
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With the April primary less than a week away, two candidates were forced to apologize to their union supporters after giving interviews to a reporter at the striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Four Post-Gazette unions have been on strike at the publication for more than 18 months.
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The war in Gaza has dominated media coverage of the race for the Democratic primary nomination for the 12th Congressional district, especially in areas like Squirrel Hill. But many voters in the district say their concerns lie closer to home. In McKeesport, for example, the Versailles Avenue Bridge has been closed since 2022 because of its deteriorating condition.
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An extraordinarily wet start to the month of April has pushed what was already a very damp 2024 in Pittsburgh into all-time record territory.
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The local Teamsters union has voted to accept payment and dissolve itself as part of a settlement with Post-Gazette parent company, Block Communications.
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Some residents have criticized a $600 million preliminary settlement agreement related to the 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. But the lawyers who negotiated the settlement said it was a "very, very good deal" and asked for patience until they can help to explain it more.
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Norfolk Southern agrees to a $600 million settlement of a class lawsuit related to its fiery train derailment that occurred in Eastern Ohio just over a year ago.
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Pennsylvania is receiving another quarter-billion dollars from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law this year – the latest federal investment in helping communities respond to environmental problems caused by abandoned mines.
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Malcolm Kenyatta faces Mark Pinsley for the Democratic nomination in the Pennsylvania audtior general race.