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Democratic state Senators are pushing efforts to increase accountability for natural gas companies. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Rachel McDevitt has the latest on the lawmakers’ proposals, which include increasing the distance gas wells must be set back from homes, hospitals and schools. Pittsburgh Explainer is hosted by Liz Reid and produced by Katie Blackley. New episodes come out every Friday. Listen on the NPR One app or subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever yo...

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On this week’s Explainer: More than 25% of Allegheny County residents have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

On this week’s Explainer: Gov. Tom Wolf announced this week that K-12 teachers, child care workers and other school staff will be prioritized for

On this week's Explainer: Two different locals of the second-largest union in the U.S. are putting their weight behind two different Pittsburgh mayoral

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The 17 new deaths reported Friday include information from the state electronic data system, some of which date back to Jan. 2.

On this week's Explainer: The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been slow and uneven. The Trump administration promised 20 million Americans would be vaccinated

On this week's Explainer: Far-right extremists who support President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday . It was an effort to disrupt the