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Capital-Star photo by Stephen Caruso House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) Among the youngest people to oversee the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, the next two years will be Speaker Bryan Cutler’s first first full session as the Republican-controlled chamber’s presiding officer. The 45-year old Lancaster Republican’s role is to moderate debate and call up bills on the floor for votes. The position can be used to exert control of the...

On Jan. 6, Pittsburgh TV station WTAE requested an interview with U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Peters), hoping to share the input of the local representative about the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, and ask Reschenthaler questions about his role in trying to undermine the Pennsylvania results, which helped Joe Biden secure victory. But two months later and about 40 interview requests later, Reschenthaler hasn’t granted WTAE an interview. According to a tweet from WTAE reporter David Kaplan, the station asked again last week and were rejected, and Kaplan wrote that “some of Reschen...

Bialecki says Muse started when a woman she was designing a website for, Mackenzie Horne of Deep Green Ink, asked to be paid with art. I said, 'You know, if you want a piece of my artwork, that's fine, but would you let me draw you?'” says Bialecki. Bialecki says Horne's response to the painting was “so touching and so beautiful.” “All of those things, when we look at our bodies and are so hard on ourselves, she said they just fell away,” says Bialecki. Horne expands on this, adding, "Seeing ‘my body’ through such a staunchly minimalist lens makes it easier for ...

Photo: Marcus Jackson Co-Founder of CAAPP Dawn Lundy Martin The Center for African American Poetry and Poetics has released its spring lineup of online events, continuing the University of Pittsburgh group's mission of highlighting, promoting, and sharing the poetry and poetic work of African American and African diasporic writers. The events kicked off on March 3 with a conversation on time with Ladan Osman, Demian DinéYazhi´, Aldrin Valdez...

CP photo: Jared Wickerham Pittsburgh's Polish Hill neighborhood On March 2, Pittsburgh City Council unanimously passed an eviction moratorium that will provide protections to tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The moratorium bans landlords from evicting tenants for unpaid rent due to pandemic-related income loss or increased medical expenses, and it will remain in place until the city’s health emergency order is lifted. The bill was laude...