Katie Blackley
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90.5 WESA
With little discussion, Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed three bills intended to provide further safeguards to LGBT Pittsburghers.
Commonwealth Media Services
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The Trump administration’s signature tax and domestic policy bill makes historic cuts to Medicaid. Pittsburgh-area advocates warn the effects could devastate health care access for low-income residents. -
Advocates, lawmakers, allies and members of the Pittsburgh community rallied Downtown on Sunday afternoon against UPMC’s recent policy decision to end gender-affirming care for transgender people under 19. -
Surveyed workers report experiencing headaches, fatigue, nausea, confusion and even seizures when indoor temperatures regularly reach 80 degrees or above. -
Scientists will be able to turn the roughly 60 million billion bytes of image data from the Vera Rubin Observatory into breakthrough discoveries, thanks to data platforms developed in part by Carnegie Mellon University. -
Sponsored by Councilor Barb Warwick, the bills are designed to de-emphasize enforcement of any future law restricting the LGBTQ community from participating in otherwise legal activities. -
Grants will go to efforts such as public education, safer gun-storage programs, support for suicide interventions and data collection. -
In an open letter to UPMC administrators, physicians, therapists, nurses and specialists call on the health system to continue to provide gender-affirming care services for young patients. Providers tell WESA that ending prescriptions for hormone therapy or puberty blockers is a violation of their oath to "do no harm." -
Trump admin tells Pa., other states to shift broadband focus to cheaper options like Musk's StarlinkCritics say the changes prioritize “short-term gain over long-term benefits” for the federal broadband program. -
Dozens of widows and other caregivers for former NFL players diagnosed with CTE say a published study is insulting and dismissive of their experience living with the degenerative brain disease. -
A federal judge says it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants issued by the National Institutes of Health.
