Last week, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto officially announced his re-election efforts with a virtual event, and on Tue., Jan. 19 Peduto has received his most formidable challenger in the form of state Rep. Ed Gainey (D-Lincoln-Lemington). Gainey has served as state representative for the 24th Pennsylvania House District since 2013 and has become a well-known progressive ally on issues like criminal justice reform, marijuana policy, labor, public transit, and the Black Lives Matter movement...

In the midst of the pandemic, Attack Theatre relocated from the Strip District to 212 45th St. in Lawrenceville. Now just a few months after its big November move, the dance company will introduce audiences to its new space with the premiere of I : I, a film made in collaboration with Brooklyn-based choreographer Janessa Clark...

Today, the Port Authority of Allegheny County announced it is seeking participants for a pilot program to test a touchless mobile ticketing system, as a means to provide transit riders the option to pay fares without cash or a ConnectCard. The pilot will use the Ready2Ride app which allows riders to purchase a variety of fare cards, like single trip, as well as monthly and weekly passes on their smartphones...

On Jan. 19, a bill was introduced into Pittsburgh City Council that seeks to ban Pittsburgh Police officers from using “no-knock” warrants. The ban is also called Breonna’s Law, in reference to Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot five times and killed after Louisville, Ky. police entered her apartment on a no-knock warrant...

UPDATE —  12:15 p.m., Tue., Jan. 19: Number of today's new positive cases in Allegheny County: 434 Number of today's new coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 0...

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania’s top public health official for a cabinet-level post, the incoming administration said early Tuesday. Biden has named state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine as his assistant health secretary, putting her on track to become the first openly transgender official to face confirmation by the U.S. Senate...

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Video Archive Tomorrow is the inauguration...

Row House Cinema started its Sweded Film Festival four years ago, but it's arguably never been more relevant than today, since we're all stuck at home in the middle of winter. The festival of homemade "sweded" films, where participants cheaply recreate scenes from iconic movies, will debut on Fri., Feb. 12 online and at Row House's location in Lawrenceville, as well as at select theaters across the country...

During the Civil Rights era, Martin Luther King, Jr. was not an overwhelmingly popular figure. It was only years later that Americans began to truly appreciate the power of his advocacy, and the importance of passing landmark civil and voting rights legislation he championed...

Did you know the iconic 1988 action movie Die Hard is based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp? Neither did Ian George and Adina Hilton, co-hosts of the local bi-weekly podcast Cover to Credits, until they did an episode on the book and its popular screen adaptation...

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Video Archive Lynn is starting this week by acknowledging a great loss...

Assigning cash bail to defendants has come under increased scrutiny over the years. In Allegheny County, the practice has Magisterial District Judges forcing defendants who were charged, but not convicted, of a crime to sometimes pay thousands of dollars to avoid time in jail...

By now, it should be clear to every drinker: hard seltzer isn’t going anywhere. For those who drink hard seltzer, this is good news...

On Jan. 14, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto kicked off what could be the biggest race in the local 2021 election cycle, as he announced he is running for re-election and a third term. During a panel with 14 community leaders, Peduto conveyed Pittsburgh in an optimistic light, signifying that the city had turned the corner from its past as an area that was mocked nationally...

Two major Black-led organizations are joining forces to ensure the future of performative dance and the East Liberty arts scene in Pittsburgh. Yesterday, Kelly Strayhorn Theater and PearlArts, the creative space for the STAYCEE PEARL dance project and Soy Sos, announced they would embark on a partnership as a way to “share resources and work together to reestablish East Liberty as a hub for the Pittsburgh arts community,” according to a press release...

If you’ve ever been to the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the largest agricultural exposition in the nation, you’ve seen the butter sculpture. The unveiling of the sculpture, which last year used 1,000 pounds of Pennsylvania butter, is known as the unofficial kickoff to the event...

The Pittsburgh sandwich scene is dominated by Primanti Bros. The chain's french fry and coleslaw sandwich is synonymous with Pittsburgh, and it has spawned imitators and homages on menus throughout the region, and the nation. It’s good that Pittsburgh has a unique sandwich to call its own, but there is more to the city than French fries and coleslaw, no matter how popular...

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Video Archive Yesterday Trump was impeached for a second time...

Over the years, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reduced the number of days it prints from seven days a week down to three. On Jan. 13, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, the union that represents the P-G's journalists, announced that Pittsburgh's biggest newspaper would lose another day of print, and now will only print two days a week...

In 1877, Elmer Scipio Dundy, a U.S. District Court judge in Nebraska, ruled in Standing Bear v. Crook that a Ponca chief had the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of liberty guaranteed to white men. It should have been a landmark case...