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On Feb. 8, Gov. Tom Wolf (D-York) held a press conference to reaffirm his belief in increasing the minimum wage in Pennsylvania, and outlined a...

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James Hill Pittsburgh City-County Building lit for Pride Month Nearly nine months after Pittsburgh City Council voted to create its LGBTQIA+ Commission, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto announced appointees to the group designed to address challenges facing LGBTQIA+ residents and visitors. On Feb. 8, Peduto named the people chosen for the LGBTQIA+ Com...

CP file photo: Theo Schwarz A ghost bike memorial in 2015 marking the spot on Forbes Avenue where cyclist Susan Hicks was killed. On Oct. 23, 2015, Susan Hicks was riding her bike in Oakland the exact way Pennsylvania law required her to: as if she were driving a car. Back then, the configuration on Forbes Avenue was not friendly to cyclists, and ...

CP photo: Jared Wickerham Arsenal middle school in Lawrenceville News of a proposal to close several schools within the Pittsburgh Public School district recently led to some chaos among parents, advocates, and lawmakers. The blowback was so strong that PPS board members voted the next day to shelve the plan for the time being. But the realitie...

Pittsburgh City Photos: An exploration of the city through photographs

Photo: Teddyyy, Wiki Commons The American singer Nina Simone in concert in Morlaix (Brittany, France) in May 1982. The contributions Black Americans have made from politics to science to the arts and everything in between cannot be overstated. This, of course, applies to Pittsburgh as well, which has produced a number of Black innovators and pioneers...

As of Jan. 28, Allegheny County has entered into a 35-year power purchase agreement with a company that will provide renewable hydropower for county facilities....