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Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission is poised to vote Tuesday on a controversial zoning change meant to tackle homelessness, one of the city’s most vexing and intractable problems. The move, pushed by two City Council members, would permit regulated homeless camps Downtown complete with utilities and perhaps even tiny houses. They would

Pittsburgh City Council members are proposing to increase their pay by 7.1% in the city’s budget for next year — more than double the raise that Mayor Ed Gainey had proposed for council members. Gainey had included a 3% increase for council members in his proposed budget. Council members introduced

Pittsburgh City Council will speed up its usual voting procedures to ratify a police union contract. But government branches are at odds over how much that vote matters.

Pittsburgh City Council is considering legislation that would clarify what people should — and should not — say when commenting at public meetings. “It’s not our intention to censor people,” City Council solicitor Dan Friedson said Tuesday when the legislation was introduced. Public comments are permitted at the start of