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Aug 5, 2026
This story was originally published by Pittsburgh’s Public Source, a nonprofit newsroom providing deep, independent journalism for the region. Visit publicsource.org. Yaquelin...
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Aug 4, 2026
The cost of staying healthy is climbing. The cost of getting sick is even worse. Prescription drug costs are up. So is the amount of money people spend in urgent care — and...
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Jul 31, 2026
The rivers of Western Pennsylvania have a rich yet troubled history. After years of acid mine drains, sewage leaks and environmental contamination, the region’s rivers have become...
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Jul 29, 2026
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is siding with Democrats — at least this week. There are some issues nailed into the Republican platform, like tax cuts and deregulation. There are some...
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Jul 24, 2026
On the eve of a court-imposed Friday deadline for the Legislature to reform the state’s felony murder statute, the House narrowly passed a bill to update the controversial law. But...
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Jul 24, 2026
Pennsylvania is better than average at voting. This isn’t about party. It’s not about encouraging voting in a presidential or midterm year. Registration is always at its peak...
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Jul 8, 2026
Stacy Garrity is toeing the political line on data centers. At a campaign stop in a cramped Cranberry office building Tuesday, the Republican gubernatorial candidate expressed some...
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Jul 6, 2026
In Burrell School District, teachers are preparing for a fourth consecutive year with fewer than 100 students in kindergarten. That would be fine if small kindergarten classes were...
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Jun 30, 2026
Penn State New Kensington has educated students since 1958. With the branch campus set to close in spring 2027, the site’s future is undetermined — but perhaps not for long....
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Jun 18, 2026
On the one-year anniversary Thursday of a $15 billion deal that put Japan’s Nippon Steel in charge of iconic American manufacturer U.S. Steel, union workers remain divided about...
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Jun 11, 2026
Olivia Bannon of Greensburg, doesn’t need a report on the government’s consumer price index to know that prices have risen the past few months. A report Wednesday said inflation...
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Apr 14, 2026
The NFL Draft started in the 1930s as a quiet affair in a hotel ballroom with no cameras and little buzz. Over the decades, it has been transformed into a worldwide media spectacle...
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Apr 2, 2026
We don’t know who invented the first wheel. We do know everything that came after it — SUVs and bicycles, gas stations and turnpike exits clustered with fast-food drive-thrus. We...
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Mar 25, 2026
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office on Monday served a search warrant on the City of Pittsburgh. What is being sought is unclear, as is the scope of the DA’s...
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Jan 27, 2026
“Did you see on ‘The Pitt’…?” It’s becoming a regular refrain after the HBO Max medical series airs Thursdays. Each episode, set in a fictional Pittsburgh hospital,...
Aug 5, 2026This story was originally published by Pittsburgh’s Public Source, a nonprofit newsroom providing deep, independent journalism for the region. Visit publicsource.org. Yaquelin...