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County Council President Patrick Catena called the current approach "very outdated and disjointed, to say the least."

County Executive Fitzgerald had been critical of the bill in the past, calling the legislation "fatally flawed."

County Executive Fitzgerald had been critical of the bill in the past, calling the legislation "fatally flawed."

The motion was sent to council’s committee on public safety Tuesday.

Allegheny County Treasurer and county executive candidate John Weinstein says the county’s next juvenile detention facility should focus on rehabilitation, diversionary programs and workforce training.

A lawsuit forced Allegheny County to change an obscure calculation, tilting the property tax appeal system in owners' favor — and more changes are likely.

In a rare move by Allegheny County Council on Tuesday, three appointments to two county boards were rejected, leaving some council members in shock. The nominations were made by Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald to the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority board and to the Jail Oversight Board. They were expected

A divided Allegheny County Council on Tuesday approved creating an independent police review board. The board won’t be created until 2022 and it will only have jurisdiction over Allegheny County Police Department. Other municipalities with police departments in the county can opt-in to the board’s oversight, but that move would need to be approved by their local governments. The vote to create the board was 9-5. In a statement released after the vote, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzger...