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Maddie Aiken • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Carnegie Mellon to Open Miami Campus After Multibillion-Dollar Gift

Carnegie Mellon University will open an innovative campus in Miami after a $3 billion donation from hedge fund CEO Kenneth Griffin, whose nationally...

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Megan Guza • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Gainey Admin. May Have Rigged PGH's Contract-Bidding System

Search warrants served on the city of Pittsburgh earlier this year sought records related to no-bid contracts after a whistleblower alleged the...

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09/03/26
Staff • PPG

Mayor says PGH's Financial Picture More Dire than Previously Known

Ten months ago, former Mayor Ed Gainey stood inside City Council chambers to deliver his final budget address — and to defend his financial...

09/03/26Read it on PPG
08/21/26
Esquire

Pittsburgh Might Just Be the Most Dynamic City in America

The collapse of the steel industry was supposed to kill the Steel City, but my hometown never rusted away. Now it's having a major moment. On a...

08/21/26Read it on Esquire
08/13/26
J. Burdelski • TribLive

Pittsburgh Audit Finds Gaps in Covid Relief Spending Records

Pittsburgh Controller Rachael Heisler in an audit released Wednesday said the city's Urban Redevelopment Authority was missing documentation about...

08/13/26Read it on TribLive
08/03/26
Rachel Wilkinson • TribLIVE.com

Why Pittsburgh Restaurants Are Closing

Con Alma, the Downtown restaurant and jazz club, made waves when it launched a GoFundMe campaign last December. Though crowdfunding is more...

08/03/26Read it on TribLIVE.com
07/21/26
PittsburghPG • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Campaign to Push PGH's Image in the Nation's Capital

WASHINGTON — In a bustling transit station in the heart of the nation's capital, images were splashed across the walls, the columns, and the...

07/21/26Read it on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
07/17/26
Chloe Jad • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Is the Future of Manufacturing Hiding in Pittsburgh?

Seeds of opportunity can be found amid the shuttered coal plants and generations of industrial expertise tucked into the Appalachian region —...

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07/02/26
Nadia Commodore • TribLIVE.com

Kroger's Reentry Into Giant Eagle's History

Kroger's acquisition of Giant Eagle merges two companies with storied histories in Western Pennsylvania. The then-Eagle franchise first crossed...

07/02/26Read it on TribLIVE.com
07/01/26
PittsburghPG • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Giant Eagle to Be Acquired by Kroger

Pittsburgh's grocery scene is about to be upended. Cincinnati-based Kroger announced Wednesday morning that it is acquiring Giant Eagle in a...

07/01/26Read it on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
03/04/26

Former Mayor Bill Peduto Reflects on a Changing Pittsburgh

Jeff Bloodworth • RealClearPennsylvania • March 4, 2026

Pittsburgh’s former two-term mayor, Bill Peduto, has a guardian angel. In 1991, he asked his AIDS-stricken brother, Tom: “I want you to watch over me the rest of my life.” An hour after his 35-year-old brother died, Peduto got a call with a job offer that brought him home. He told me, “It took my brother a whole hour for me to come back.”

The Peduto brothers hail from a family that long watched over Pittsburgh. In 1923, Peduto’s grandfather, Serafino Zarroli, battled Klansmen in the streets of Carnegie. Peduto proudly recounts the century-old encounter. “My grandfather was one of the people from the town who met them on the bridge and fought them.” Nineteen years later, Zarroli helped found the United Steelworkers Union.

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