Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Senate has approved legislation that proposes to reform the state’s existing fireworks law, including restrictions on when they can be set off.
Mayor Ed Gainey today has appointed Zeke Rediker as the new executive advisor on legal policy, a position responsible for advising on policy matters. Rediker is a Pittsburgh native and a graduate of the city’s public school system.
The Allegheny Health Department confirms that three county residents have been diagnosed with monkeypox, a kind of orthopoxvirus, and shares best practices for preventing infection.
About 20 people marched through the streets of Pittsburgh on June 29 to protest the shuttering of a Black and queer-owned art gallery after 21 months in its Downtown space.
A Pittsburgh theater company announced that "insufficient funds" led them to cancel a new production. But former cast members and others believe sexual harassment is the real reason.
Allegheny County residents can now call the health department f they’re seeking information related to COVID-19 testing sites, vaccine access, and other pandemic-related topics.
More than a year after McKees Rocks sued ALCOSAN over construction plans relating to its $2 billion Clean Water Plan, the parties have agreed to explore mediation.
“It’s already difficult for LGBTQ people to find health care broadly, but also abortion care specifically that is respectful and affirming, and safe and so the overturning of Roe v. Wade will make it even more difficult for LGBTQ people to get the care that they deserve."
Pittsburgh City Paper and Cazadores Tequila's contest is open to anyone with a glass and salt shaker
By CP Marketing Team
Pittsburgh City Paper and Cazadores Tequila are looking for the city’s best margaritas! Marg Madness — the bar battle to determine the champion — is open to all and includes some sweet prize packages.
A proposed air quality permit that’s been two years in the making is dividing Mon Valley residents over whether the Edgar Thomson Works is primarily a source of good jobs or bad air. Residents, environmental activists and supporters of industry testified on these themes during a June 29 hearing for determining the plant's new federal emissions permit.
Central Outreach Wellness Center says that one of their primary care patients received testing for monkeypox, and the state Department of Health confirmed the positive result yesterday.
The federal Department of Labor announced that a Pittsburgh restaurant and distillery has paid back wages to employees to make up for including managers in their tip pool.
Although anticipated for months, the announcement that Roe v. Wade will no longer protect the right to abortion has set off shockwaves around the nation and here in Pittsburgh. Read on to see how politicians and the community are responding.
