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Sen. Rand Paul criticized for likening gender dysphoria to "mutilation" in hearing with Dr. Rachel Levine

Feb 25, 2021

At a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Feb. 24, former Pennsylvania health secretary Dr. Rachel Levine was repeatedly asked by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) about whether she supports treating gender dysphoria in children. Paul repeatedly equates gender dysphoria treatments, like receiving hormones, with “genital mutilation".

Dr. Rachel Levine (left) and Rand Paul (right)

Pennsylvania senators reveal bipartisan plan to legalize marijuana and expunge records

By Stephen Caruso
Feb 25, 2021
Tenant advocacy group rallies in support of an eviction moratorium for Pittsburgh

By Ryan Deto
Feb 24, 2021
Health care workers tout Gainey’s fight against UPMC in their mayoral endorsement

By Colleen Hammond
Feb 24, 2021
Pittsburgh Democratic mayoral candidate has Twitter feed filled with Trump praise

By Ryan Deto
Feb 23, 2021
Lamb, Pa. Democrats push for $15 minimum wage bill as part of COVID stimulus

By Ryan Deto
Feb 23, 2021
Western Pennsylvania GOP taps ‘Trump House’ creator Rossi for state House run

By Stephen Caruso
Feb 22, 2021
Get slippy with free lube from Pa.’s Department of Health

By Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
Feb 22, 2021
Pa. state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta announces 2022 run for U.S. Senate

By Stephen Caruso
Feb 19, 2021
Mayoral-candidate Ed Gainey joins calls for Pittsburgh to enact an eviction moratorium

By Ryan Deto
Feb 18, 2021
Pittsburgh advocates gather 65,000 signatures for no-knock warrant ban and solitary confinement limit ballot initiatives

By Colleen Hammond
Feb 17, 2021
City Council candidate Bethani Cameron calls on Pittsburgh to enact eviction moratorium

By Ryan Deto
Feb 17, 2021
How the pandemic has shifted Pittsburgh’s housing market

By Ryan Deto
Feb 17, 2021
Pennsylvania GOP official on Toomey: “We did not send him there to ‘do the right thing’”

By Ryan Deto
Feb 16, 2021
Six Western Pennsylvanians charged for Capitol insurrection; state ranks second among total arrested

By Ryan Deto
Feb 15, 2021
Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania staff will hold mail-in ballot union vote

By Amanda Waltz
Feb 15, 2021
Casey and Toomey vote to convict Trump for Capitol insurrection; Senate votes to acquit

By Laura Olson
Feb 13, 2021
As Allegheny County finally meets clean air standards, environmentalists are concerned the victory could be short lived

By Colleen Hammond
Feb 12, 2021
Pittsburgh-based medical cannabis dispensary expanding within Pennsylvania and into West Virginia

By Ryan Deto
Feb 11, 2021
Report shows natural gas fracking didn’t produce promised jobs to Pa. and Appalachia

By Ryan Deto
Feb 11, 2021

$Report shows natural gas fracking didn’t produce promised jobs to Pa. and Appalachia$
Fetterman justifies — but does not apologize for — chasing down and brandishing shotgun at Black jogger while Braddock mayor

By Stephen Caruso
Feb 10, 2021