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School Budgets, Deadly Fire Downtown, and Historical Markers
Published 3 years, 3 months ago
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It’s the Friday news roundup! We're talking about what the increase to the 2023 Pittsburgh Public Schools budget means when the district's already at a deficit, the fire in the Roosevelt building downtown, and the new historical markers coming to the city.
As always, our Friday shows are powered by great local journalism.
- Public School Budgets:
- https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-public-schools-2023-budget-stabilizes-district-for-another-year-future-funding-still-uncertain/Content?oid=22968580
- https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-public-schools-2023-budget-stabilizes-district-for-another-year-future-funding-still-uncertain/Content?oid=22968580
- https://www.wesa.fm/show/the-confluence/2022-11-21/pittsburgh-public-schools-proposed-2023-budget-spends-more-with-one-time-federal-funding
- Roosevelt Building Fire:
- https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2022/12/12/downtown-pittsburgh-roosevelt-building-fire/stories/202212120048
- https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/elderly-woman-dies-high-rise-fire-roosevelt-building-while-trying-escape/3XLBUPIXQNELVM7R22MJHXHZEQ/
- https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/crews-responding-5-alarm-fire-downtown-pittsburgh-apartment-building/UTRG2ZDVMJDYZFNZ36QISWGLNQ/
- https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/nearly-30-apartments-uninhabitable-after-high-rise-fire-roosevelt-building/YNPCTSZEM5G23GRQAIV7SRTR4Q/
- Pittsburgh Pirates 1971 Lineup:
- https://triblive.com/sports/on-sept-1-1971-the-pirates-made-history-with-baseballs-first-all-black-starting-lineup/
- PA Historical Markers:
- https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/phmc-details.aspx?newsid=422
- https://paheritage.wpengine.com/article/century-marking-history-100-years-pennsylvania-historical-marker-program/
- Teenie Harris: https://cmoa.org/art/teenie-harris-archive/
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