On Wed., May 4, Pittsburgh City Council held a special public hearing on the crisis of Black Pittsburghers leaving the city. The public was invited to sign up to register for public comments during the meeting after a petition from city residences requested the hearing before council...
Video Archive Good Morning, Lynn is discussing the 2021 Primary Ballot Questions and the meanings to each of those including the No-Knock warrant question...
UPDATE — 4:50 p.m., Wed., May 5:
Number of today's new positive cases in Allegheny County: 158 Number of today's new coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 9...
Trans YOUniting announced Sun., May 2 the start of their Trans Crisis Fund on GoFundMe. The Black trans-led organization made the announcement in conjunction with their protest against the trans cycle of violence, which took place on the same day...
Like many local cultural institutions, the August Wilson African American Cultural Center has experienced its own series of starts and stops over the course of the pandemic. Now the Downtown hub dedicated to highlighting the Black experience through art, music, literature, and more will finally open its doors again...
"Everything that you see happening on the national stage starts in your neighborhood. It starts with a decision by a school board member, a city councilperson, a county councilperson ...
With nearly 40 candidates running for nine open seats on the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, this election cycle offers a paramount opportunity to remake the county’s criminal justice system. Common Pleas Judges are responsible for overseeing trials for criminal, civil, and family cases and delivering sentencing...
Three-term mayors in Pittsburgh are rare, and incumbent Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is trying to join that club. But this year, he’s garnered some considerable challenges from state Rep. Ed Gainey (D-Lincoln-Lemington), who is running to Peduto’s left on policing, and from retired police officer Tony Moreno, who is running to Peduto’s right...
Pittsburgh City Council District 2 includes Banksville, Duquesne Heights, Mount Washington, and all West End neighborhoods, such as Chartiers City, Crafton Heights, East Carnegie, Elliott, Esplen, Fairywood, Oakwood, Ridgemont, West End Village, and Westwood. Council President Theresa Kail-Smith is the incumbent...
A new election means new ballot questions, and the often confusing legal language that comes with them. Below is an explainer to help voters sift through the legalese of the big ballot questions this primary...
The COVID-19 pandemic upended education for Pittsburgh youth in ways the community is still working to recognize. But while some point to the COVID-19 pandemic as the primary culprit for the district’s challenges, education activists and residents say they’ve seen an educational crisis brewing in Pittsburgh Public Schools for some time...
Pittsburgh City Council District 4 represents the South Hills neighborhoods of Beechview, Bon Air, Brookline, Carrick, and Overbrook, as well as parts of Mount Washington. It is represented by incumbent Councilor Anthony Coghill (D-Beechview).
Thu., May 6
STAGE • VIRTUAL
Pittsburgh Fringe Festival returns this year with a virtual lineup of both live and pre-recorded shows. The event lets writers, artists, and performers from Pittsburgh and around the world experiment by creating and presenting new, original works...
Allegheny County District 9 comprises of the cities of Duquesne and McKeesport; the boroughs of Dravosburg, Glassport, Liberty, Lincoln, Port Vue, Versailles, West Mifflin, and White Oak; and, the townships of Elizabeth, Forward, North Versailles, and South Versailles. It is currently represented by incumbent Robert J. Macey...
Politics in America after Donald Trump are, maybe somewhat surprisingly, returning to a more traditional dynamic. There isn’t the stress associated with checking what crazy thing the former president said, and how that might contribute to ongoing, global chaos...
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Taurus poet Vera Pavlova writes, "Why is the word ‘yes’ so brief? It should be the longest, the hardest, so that you could not decide in an instant to say it, so that upon reflection, you could stop in the middle of saying it."
Damon Young, the Pittsburgh-based author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker, announced he will be leaving his blog, Very Smart Brothas, more than a decade after its start. "I felt like I'd gone as far with that form and that format as I can go," Young tells Pittsburgh City Paper...
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Kennywood x Bites and Pints
4800 Kennywood Blvd, West Mifflin. kennywood.com
The popular amusement park is bringing the food festival Bites and Pints to its grounds...
