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The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police faces a staffing crisis unprecedented in its modern history. The Gainey administration, due largely to its own incompetence,...

Deep into election night 2016, Pennsylvania — with its crucial 20 electoral votes — helped propel New York businessman Donald J. Trump into...

Noncompete agreements, which restrict who employees can work for after leaving a company, have become well-established in Pittsburgh. Some local hairstylists,...

For the city of Pittsburgh, it was a crucial opportunity to move dozens of abandoned and decrepit homes under its ownership to a nonprofit that planned...

Three years ago, calls for police reform prompted then-Mayor Bill Peduto to create the Office of Community Health and Safety to relieve an overburdened...

John Weinstein and Matt Dugan won local Democratic Party endorsements for Allegheny County executive and district attorney, respectively — a split decision illustrating the divide...

State Rep. Mike Zabel, D.-Delaware, has been accused of sexual harassment by Andi Perez, the political director for the Service Employees International...

Three people were dead and another was wounded in a pair of apparently unrelated shootings in McKeesport, gripping the Mon Valley community just three weeks after a city police...

Even in a stridently partisan state legislature, authorizing county Tourism Improvement Districts (TIDs) should be an easy win for both parties. And the...

Even in a stridently partisan state legislature, authorizing county Tourism Improvement Districts (TIDs) should be an easy win for both parties. And the...

The Gainey Administration is struggling. Early optimism about progressive change under Mr. Gainey — shared broadly throughout Pittsburgh —...

Despite pleas from disability advocates, care providers and family members, Pennsylvania continues to underfund care for people with intellectual disabilities...

In the early morning hours of September 12th 2001, the day after terrorists brought down the World Trade Center, I was assigned to the makeshift Emergency...

Odds are already stacked against the nearly 37,500 youth in the criminal justice system nationwide — and that’s bad news for everyone. They...

Absentee landlords and rapacious developers — not to mention enormous non-profits — get the most negative attention among city landowners from...

An emerging plan to provide free parking in Downtown Pittsburgh is a step toward making the urban core competitive with suburbia. A proposal from the Downtown...

The 2022 congressional elections could be summed up this way: “Look Ma, no issues."

A well-intentioned federal regulation is expiring, with possibly harmful effects on millions of Americans. Created in response to the COVID pandemic, it...

PORT ROYAL, Pa. — When Dr. MeeCee Baker first saw Paul Krugman’s New York Times column last week — “Can Anything Be Done to Assuage...

Less than a month into his term, Gov. Josh Shapiro has been firing out executive orders like an Uzi. He hit a bullseye last week by ordering 2,300 state...

After months of waffling, Mayor Ed Gainey is clearly taking Downtown safety seriously. The holistic public safety strategy he announced last Thursday in...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is proposing to triple the number of police officers in Downtown as part of a series of initiatives designed to address escalating...

Securing financial assistance for city government from Pittsburgh’s disproportionately weighty community of nonprofit medical and educational institutions...

Republicans are jubilant that the FBI has found classified documents from the Biden vice presidency at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement....

The dominant firefighting model for southwestern Pennsylvania — numerous small volunteer departments — is no longer suited to the region. It’s...

“I drove over the New Fern Hollow Bridge today,” a friend told me. “What? It’s built already?” He nodded, “I was in...

Anyone doubting the risks of unnecessary or excessive police traffic stops should watch the video, released Friday, of the beating death of 29-year-old...

Members of the Pennsylvania Senate have unanimously passed a long-overdue repeal of an antiquated statute barring teachers from wearing clothes or visible...

HARRISBURG — Martha Rezeli and her husband, Anthony, were enjoying their annual visit to the Pennsylvania Farm Show when, without warning, they...

Maternal and infant care is far more expensive in the United States than in other developed nations — and outcomes are worse. The U.S. system of...

Newly minted Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro fulfilled a campaign promise on his first day in office, demonstrating a competence and flair for governing...

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s debt is a whopping $13.2 billion. That’s greater than Pennsylvania’s total debt of $11 billion,...