Politics/Power
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Catch up on some Pittsburgh news you may have missed as June slouched into July. A major Oakland development is one step closer. Mark Belko reports on city council’s 8-1 vote to approve zoning changes in Oakland, which allows Walnut
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Allegheny County Council passed a bill Tuesday night that would ban natural gas drilling inside or underneath Allegheny County parks. Immediately after council's session, County Executive Rich Fitzgerald released a statement announcing he
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Hell must be full, because the dead walk the Earth: Black Forge Coffee House in Allentown remains. Kelly Braden, AKA Ms. Macabre Noir, has reached an agreement with Black Forge owner Ashley Corts to take over and operate Black Forge Coffee
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Doug Mastriano gets that bread. NY Mag reports on Martin’s, the popular potato roll purveyors, who are bankrolling the Republican state senator’s gubernatorial campaign. The financial support is rooted in their shared conservative Christian
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Prominent members of the Allegheny County executive branch received major salary increases during County Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s third and final term in office. According to documents obtained by Right-to-Know request, County Manager
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It's June already? Here's what you may have missed in Pittsburgh this past week: Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert will retire, effective July 1. The nearly 30-year police bureau veteran became chief in 2017. Charlie Wolfson reports
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The results are (mostly) in: In Pennsylvania's Senate race, former Braddock mayor and Pennsylvania Lt. Governor, John Fetterman, cruised to victory in last week's primary election, racking up the Democratic nomination with victories in all
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Dan Muessig keeps it real. Like, really fucking real. Dan ran “the Store,” Pittsburgh’s destination, invite-only underground cannabis dispensary, 7-days-a-week, 12-hours-a-day in the middle of an East End neighborhood for six straight years
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