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Oakland Food Pantry faces ‘a really tough balance’ between emerging needs,...
Falaknaz Paiwandi came to the Oakland Food Pantry in search of fresh vegetables and halal meat. The 56-year-old father of four fled Afghanistan with his family after the Taliban seized power there in...
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County’s top health post, vacant for a year, ‘vital’ to Innamorato...
A year after its director was plucked into the service of the state, the Allegheny County Health Department remains without a long-term leader. The Board of Health and new County Executive Sara...
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From poor white roots to intersectional anti-poverty solutions for all
A few months prior to my 20th birthday, as I was waiting and hoping that my younger brother would wake up from his cancer-induced coma, I found out I had been accepted at Wheeling Jesuit University in...
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Tiny house village proposal for homelessness headed for hearing
A proposal for tiny house villages for people facing homelessness drew fire from a Pittsburgh Department of City Planning official, but won a mixed response from planning commissioners ahead of a...
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Planning Commission opens its doors for hearing on tiny houses proposal for...
Pittsburgh’s City Planning Commission is poised to make its first return to in-person meetings since the early pandemic, starting with a Tuesday hearing on a contentious measure meant to address...
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A bill to legalize syringe services in Pa. just passed a historic hurdle, but...
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Allegheny County Jail mental health care may see big changes with consent order
Sweeping changes to correctional mental health care could soon be coming to Allegheny County. Read the consent order A law firm and two legal aid nonprofits announced today they reached a settlement...
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Dancing across the checkouts: My brother shows that more people with...
My brother Tommy bags groceries for Giant Eagle customers. I drop him off on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays for his four-hour shifts at the store in McIntyre Square in the North Hills. Sometimes...
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Disappearing evictions? Bill would take most landlord-tenant complaint...
Ashleigh S. would feel a lot more confident about apartment hunting if her tenant history was not marked by three recent court complaints filed against her by her current landlord. “Honestly, it makes...
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Pittsburgh schools heading for change, but closure proposal still months away
Pittsburgh Public Schools [PPS] hints at possible school consolidations in the future but promises no announcements will be made without engaging students, families and community stakeholders....
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