President Joe Biden chose Pittsburgh as the backdrop when he unveiled his infrastructure plan last month, and Wednesday he mentioned the Pennsylvania city in his first address to Congress. There’s no reason the blades for wind turbines can’t be built in Pittsburgh instead of Beijing, Biden said. No reason why American workers can’t lead the world in the production of electric vehicles and batteries. The American Jobs Plan will create millions of good paying jobs.
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald thanked the president for the shout out. We will not just build the turbine blades in Pittsburgh.we will build them better, Fitzgerald said in a tweet.
DeWitt Walton On April 27, Allegheny County Council voted to create an Independent Police Review Board for the county police department after a two-year effort to create a commission that would provide oversight and accountability to the region’s second largest police force. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said he supports the measure and will sign the ordinance, which passed by a vote of 9-5. The review board will be established in 2022, with nine members and will have jurisdiction over the Allegheny County Police Department. Other municipal departments throughout the county can opt-in to the review board. The bill was supported by nine of the 12 Democrats on council, and was opposed by three Democrats and two Republicans.
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Vaccine supply now outnumbers demand in Allegheny County, officials said Wednesday
At a news conference, Dr. Debra Bogen, health director, and County Executive Rich Fitzgerald again encouraged county residents to make a vaccine appointment or walk in for a dose at a county clinic.
All Pennsylvania residents 16 and older are eligible for a covid vaccine as of last Tuesday.
“It means freedom,” Fitzgerald said.
Overall, vaccination rates continue to rise in Allegheny County. Fitzgerald said there have been more than 900,000 shots administered in the county, inoculating more than 565,000 people. That’s almost 57% of the adult population, Fitzgerald said.
About 84% of people 65 and older in Allegheny County have received at least one dose. Among those 50-64, Bogen said, about 54% have received at least one dose.