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Tom Davidson | Tribune-Review Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto greets state Sen. Wayne Fontana, D-Brookline, at an event in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood on March 10 Tom Davidson | Tribune-Review Greg Flisram, executive director of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, at an event Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in the city’s Larimer neighborhood. Tom Davidson | Tribune-Review Diamonte Walker, deputy executive director of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, at an event Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in the city’s Larimer neighborhood.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly ema...

Pittsburgh City Council is formally asking federal and state officials to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. The action, passed unanimously by council Tuesday, is symbolic, and has been taken before. But council members said they did so to stand up for more than 2,000 home care workers

TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Following guidance from its national professional association, the Pittsburgh Controller’s Office will no longer use “CAFR” as shorthand for “comprehensive annual financial reports.” The long-standing acronym sounds like “Kaffir,” an offensive term used by Apartheid-era South Africans for the Blacks who live there. The Government Finance Officers Association, the trade group for government financial professionals, released guidance Tuesday to end use of CAFR. �...

Steven Adams | Tribune-Review   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Allegheny County businesses with more than 25 employees will be required to provide paid sick leave under legislation county council approved Tuesday. “I believe this is the right thing to do,” council President Pat Catena said before the measure passed by a 10-4 vote. The bill was sent to county Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s desk. He has not indicated if he will sign it, but Tuesday’s vote is above the two-thirds majority needed to ove...

Steven Adams | Tribune-Review   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto will likely face a challenge from three other Democratic candidates in his bid for a third and final term as leader of the city. Peduto, along with a slew of other candidates seeking municipal, school board, judicial and Allegheny County council seats, filed nominating petitions Tuesday to be considered for the May 18 Primary Election ballot. Peduto filed 2,021 signatures with representation from all 90 Pittsburgh...