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A Closeup On The Local Film Biz, Plus A Tax Credit Explainer
Pennsylvania’s Senate Finance Committee is set to hear testimony tomorrow in Pittsburgh about potentially raising the Film Tax Credit, which is curre…
3 years, 11 months ago
Pgh’s Chinatown (Finally) Gets Historic Recognition
In the grand tradition of building throughways through immigrant neighborhoods, Pittsburgh’s once-thriving Chinatown was decimated in the 1910s and ’…
3 years, 11 months ago
PA’s Maternity Care Work Needs… A Lot Of Work
Pregnancy and childbirth should be happy and safe, but for way too many Black and brown women, complications before, during and even months after the…
3 years, 11 months ago
Affordable Housing, Closed Climbing Sites & A Plastic Bag Ban
In this week’s Friday news roundup, the team talks about the latest round of affordable housing evictions in East Liberty; what we know about the los…
3 years, 11 months ago
Baseball Is Back, The Pirates Still Suck
Spirits are high for Opening Day, but Pirates fans should keep their expectations low. We were the worst team in baseball last year, and in the off-s…
3 years, 11 months ago
Mon Valley Writers Explore Daily Life & Loss In Debut Paperback
On March 12, 2020, the drop-in group Tube City Writers met for their final pre-pandemic session. In addition to agreeing that future meetups would ne…
3 years, 11 months ago
Could Audacy Revive WAMO For Black Pittsburgh?
Last month, the communications giant Audacity — which already owned KDKA and a slew of radio and television stations across the country — purchased W…
3 years, 11 months ago
Red Whittaker On Elon Musk And Taking Pittsburgh To The Moon
Students and professors at Carnegie Mellon University have been leaving their mark on the world for generations. Now they're taking it a bit further …
3 years, 11 months ago
Funding For Schools And Mental Health, Plus New River Trails
On this week's Friday news roundup, the team discusses a massive infusion of cash for schools and mental health programs in Pittsburgh (including a f…
3 years, 11 months ago
PA House Celebrates Trans Day Of Visibility With A Sports Ban
A Republican-led proposal in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, House Bill 972, aims to ban trans girls and women from school sports teams al…
4 years ago