UPDATE —  2:43 p.m., Sat., Dec. 5: Number of today's new confirmed positive cases in Allegheny County: 1,197* Number of today's new confirmed coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 5...

Like many venues, the volunteer-run space The Mr. Roboto Project was hit hard by the pandemic. But, with an idea from a local booking agent, artists are coming together through a series of compilation albums to help save a venue where they were given the opportunity to play through the years...

Today, the U.S. House passed a bill that would decriminalize marijuana on a federal level, as well as provide a pathway to erase nonviolent federal marijuana convictions. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act, is a historic achievement, but is unlikely to be taken up in the Republican controlled U.S. Senate...

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Pittsburgh City Paper is proud to announce that two of its staff members, music writer Jordan Snowden and columnist Tereneh Idia, are winners in the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation's 32nd annual Robert L. Vann Media Awards contest. Both writers won in the Excellence in Written Journalism: Non-Daily Newspaper/News Service category...

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Ditch candy canes for a cocktail this holiday season on the latest Downtown Cocktail Trail: Holiday Edition. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and Pittsburgh City Paper are back with Bacardi to offer another cocktail trail supporting Downtown restaurants, this time over the entire month of December with 17 participating locations...

Looking for the perfect gift to give this holiday season? Check out these local spots offering subscriptions, holiday gift boxes, meal kits, and more...

Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court has been a big player in the ongoing attempts by the Trump campaign and other Republicans to overturn the state’s election results or invalidate ballots. But thus far, the Republican-dominated court has had all of its 2020 election-related decisions overturned or vacated by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, despite conservatives like congressional candidate Sean Parnell (R-Ohio Township) portraying the court decisions as victories...

Today, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced that the county’s health department was awarded a grant of more than $5.6 million that will go toward offsetting the purchases of battery-electric buses and a charging station. Port Authority of Allegheny County is purchasing seven 60-foot articulated battery-electric buses and one electric charging station...

The holidays look a little different this year, but the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and The Terminal in the Strip District are hoping to keep them festive with help from local artists and nonprofits. Visitors are now able to tour a variety of holiday window displays installed throughout Downtown and the Strip District...

Even as many Pennsylvania school districts struggled to tame rising pension costs and deal with stagnant tax revenues, the state also saddled them with shouldering the rising cost of educating students living with disabilities — without giving them the financial assistance to handle it, a new report concludes. The state’s 501 school districts boosted their special education spending by $2 billion between 2009 to 2019, but state aid during that same period grew by just $110 million, the report by the Education Law Center and PA Schools Work, concludes, citing the most recent state data...

For several years now, Krampusnacht, an annual celebration of Santa Claus' cursed cousin Krampus, has taken over Market Square in Downtown. Things are different this year, and Krampus will instead haunt your computer screens with a virtual Krampusnacht event on Sat., Dec. 5...

On Nov. 24, the Crafton Borough Council unanimously voted to pass a non-discrimination ordinance that would create a commission to address discrimination claims and add civil rights protections specifically for the LGBTQ community, as well as other minority groups. All seven members of Crafton Council voted in favor to protect its residents from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender expression, and/or identity...

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Video Archive After public outcry the Allegheny County Jail has restored it's policy which allows inmates to receive physical books...

Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates executive director Emily Callen has stepped down mere days after the group Save Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates called for her resignation. Today, Save PPPA rejoiced online over the news that Callen was no longer with the reproductive health care provider and advocacy organization...

Today, Allegheny County Jail warden Orlando Harper announced a reversal of a recent policy instituted by the jail that banned inmates from receiving physical books purchased by friends and family members, instead granting inmates access to a limited amount of eBooks to read on tablets. The jail has restored its previous policy, now allowing books to be ordered for inmates from Barnes and Noble’s website and christianbooks.com...

Last month, Pennsylvania legalized autonomous delivery robots, which can weigh up to 550 pounds without cargo and typically roam sidewalks to delivery goods in urban and suburban environments. The law’s passage went largely unnoticed, and it became law without Gov. Tom Wolf’s signature...

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Video Archive The documentary "One Singular Sensation" on Tom Sokolowski has just been released...

According to her lawsuit, former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalist Alexis Johnson met with then-managing editor Karen Kane the morning after Johnson posted a tweet comparing the mess typically made outside of Kenny Chesney concerts in Pittsburgh with the property damage that occurred following a protest in honor of George Floyd. Johnson, who is Black, was then barred by Kane and management from covering the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests...