On today’s episode of The Confluence: Mayor Ed Gainey on the shooting at a funeral in Brighton Heights and what the city is doing to address gun violence; we discuss what’s left to learn now that the county’s police review board now has enough members to start working, a year and half after it was created; and a judge ruled against a petitioners looking to annex the borough of Wilkinsburg into Pittsburgh, we find out what was in the judge’s ruling. Today’s guests include: Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey; Charlie Wolfson, reporter with PublicSource covering local government; and Kiley Koscinski, WESA’s city government reporter.
On today’s episode of The Confluence: In April 2021, Allegheny County Council approved an independent police review board, but it has yet to swear in any members or hear cases; a bill that passed the state Senate would restrict classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in pre-K through fifth; and how nonprofits are helping young Afghan refugees settle in Pittsburgh. Today’s guests include: Charlie Wolfson, enterprise reporter at PublicSource; Sheila May-Stein, librarian at Perry High School and Dakota Rottino-Garilli, a school-based therapist with Wesley Family Services based at Perry High School