Jackie Palochko
@jpalochko.bsky.social
Senior Asst. Managing Editor of politics/education for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Ithaca College grad. Scranton native. Bookworm. Yankees fan. Mom.
After two years of discussion and intense community pushback, the Pittsburgh Public school board voted against a school closure plan that would have shuttered nine schools. Story via @megantomasic.bsky.social www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
Pittsburgh Public Schools directors vote against closing schools
Pittsburgh Public Schools directors are not moving forward with a plan to close schools.
Directors during Tuesday’s legislative session at the Oakland...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
After two years of discussion and intense community pushback, the Pittsburgh Public school board voted against a school closure plan that would have shuttered nine schools. Story via @megantomasic.bsky.social www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
In John Fetterman’s memoir, he writes at length about his years-long feud with Gov. Josh Shapiro, a fellow Democrat with whom he is not on speaking terms. www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
Fetterman opens up about mental health struggles, feud with Shapiro in new memoir
WASHINGTON — John Fetterman took the campaign-branded, Pittsburgh Steelers-themed black and yellow “terrible towel” to his...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
In John Fetterman’s memoir, he writes at length about his years-long feud with Gov. Josh Shapiro, a fellow Democrat with whom he is not on speaking terms. www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
Pa. school districts that have banned cellphones are reporting fewer fights and better student focus. Story via @megantomasic.bsky.social www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
Pittsburgh-area schools credit cellphone bans for fewer fights, better focus among students
The Woodland Hills High School cafeteria is a bustling spot. Students are often laughing and talking with each other. The sounds of ping pong balls bouncing...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Pa. school districts that have banned cellphones are reporting fewer fights and better student focus. Story via @megantomasic.bsky.social www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
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Pa. food bank demand soars as Shapiro accuses Trump administration of SNAP stonewalling
Pa. food bank demand soars as Shapiro accuses Trump administration of SNAP stonewalling
The ongoing surge in demand at Pennsylvania food banks on Thursday — including one where Gov. Josh Shapiro condemned the federal government’s...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Pa. food bank demand soars as Shapiro accuses Trump administration of SNAP stonewalling
Turnout in Pittsburgh jumped by more than a third compared to the 2021 Pittsburgh mayoral race. Here’s an early look at voter turnout on Tuesday. www.post-gazette.com/news/electio...
Election turnout spiked across Pittsburgh as Democrats surged in Pa. and nationally
WASHINGTON — In a year when Democrats have fractured and debated endlessly about how to move forward in the enduring age of President Donald Trump,...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Turnout in Pittsburgh jumped by more than a third compared to the 2021 Pittsburgh mayoral race. Here’s an early look at voter turnout on Tuesday. www.post-gazette.com/news/electio...
Pennsylvania rural schools are struggling. Here’s how some are surviving, via @megantomasic.bsky.social www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
Rural and small Pa. schools turn to sharing services with other districts as they face shrinking budgets and declining enrollments
Tucked into the mountains of northern Pennsylvania, students in the Otto-Eldred School District faced a dilemma: spend a full hour of the school day on...
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August 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Pennsylvania rural schools are struggling. Here’s how some are surviving, via @megantomasic.bsky.social www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
Two Western Pa. school districts are considering sharing a superintendent as they face declining enrollments and budgetary constraints. Story from @megantomasic.bsky.social www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
2 Beaver County school districts considering sharing superintendent
The Rochester Area and New Brighton Area school districts are considering sharing a superintendent.
The plan, presented during a town hall meeting Monday...
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April 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Two Western Pa. school districts are considering sharing a superintendent as they face declining enrollments and budgetary constraints. Story from @megantomasic.bsky.social www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
Fantastic reporting from @megantomasic.bsky.social: With 14 schools on the chopping block and 12 slated for other uses, Pittsburgh students are facing major changes newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/pittsburgh-p...
Pittsburgh Public Schools set for major changes over next 2 years
With 14 schools on the chopping block and 12 slated for different grades or uses, Pittsburgh Public Schools is set for an overhaul.
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March 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Fantastic reporting from @megantomasic.bsky.social: With 14 schools on the chopping block and 12 slated for other uses, Pittsburgh students are facing major changes newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/pittsburgh-p...
Control of Pa. House up for grabs on Tuesday as Mon Valley voters pick a lawmaker. The special election will likely break the 101-101 tie between Democrats and Republicans that exists in the chamber. www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
Control of Pa. House up for grabs on Tuesday as Mon Valley voters pick a lawmaker
The bakery and the bank and other businesses are gone, vacant storefronts are numerous, and as owner Carlitez Thompson cuts hair and talks inside the Royal...
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March 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Control of Pa. House up for grabs on Tuesday as Mon Valley voters pick a lawmaker. The special election will likely break the 101-101 tie between Democrats and Republicans that exists in the chamber. www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
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Marc Fogel and Corey Comperatore's family to be guests at Trump's address to Congress
Marc Fogel and Corey Comperatore's family to be guests at Trump's address to Congress
WASHINGTON — First Lady Melania Trump has invited Marc Fogel and his mother Malphine, as well as the family of late firefighter Corey Comperatore,...
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March 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Marc Fogel and Corey Comperatore's family to be guests at Trump's address to Congress
Vance attacked last year's Pennsylvania visit by Zelenskyy in contentious White House meeting www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
VP Vance attacks last year's Pennsylvania visit by Zelenskyy in contentious White House meeting
“You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October,” Vance scolded Zelenskyy at the White House.
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February 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Vance attacked last year's Pennsylvania visit by Zelenskyy in contentious White House meeting www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
More school districts are opting for virtual days instead of snow days, but are students actually logging on for classes? @megantomasic.bsky.social filed Right to Know requests to find out www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
More Allegheny County schools are ending snow days. But do students actually attend online?
When the snow falls, kids today are no longer guaranteed anticipation-filled mornings dreaming of sled riding and building snowmen as they wait for a snow...
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February 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
More school districts are opting for virtual days instead of snow days, but are students actually logging on for classes? @megantomasic.bsky.social filed Right to Know requests to find out www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
Sen. Dave McCormick told @benkail.bsky.social the release of Marc Fogel from Russia was a bipartisan push www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
McCormick applauds Trump and the bipartisan push to free Marc Fogel from Russia
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dave McCormick first heard hints of good news about Marc Fogel a few days before his eventual release — learning from the...
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February 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Sen. Dave McCormick told @benkail.bsky.social the release of Marc Fogel from Russia was a bipartisan push www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
Meet the 17-year-old fighting to keep books from being removed in her high school www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
Meet the Pine-Richland student fighting to keep access to books in her school
Elise Duckworth stood at the podium in the Pine-Richland School District’s board room one day this fall, stressing to school directors the importance...
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February 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Meet the 17-year-old fighting to keep books from being removed in her high school www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
Pennsylvania Republicans are planning a “unified and strategic” approach to unseating Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2026. www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
Pa. Republicans planning 'unified and strategic' approach to unseating Josh Shapiro in 2026
HARRISBURG — At least 12 times in 2021 and early 2022, Pennsylvanians heard about a different Republican who wanted to be governor, among them two...
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January 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Pennsylvania Republicans are planning a “unified and strategic” approach to unseating Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2026. www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
Trump’s Day 1 plans poised to impact Pennsylvania on energy and immigration. Story from @benkail.bsky.social www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
Trump’s Day 1 plans poised to impact Pennsylvania on energy, immigration
WASHINGTON — Day 1.
That’s when oil and gas industry leaders expect action from the incoming Trump administration as it pushes to tap...
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January 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump’s Day 1 plans poised to impact Pennsylvania on energy and immigration. Story from @benkail.bsky.social www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
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Pa. panel launches attempt to tie some funding for Pitt, 2 other universities to performance
Pa. panel launches attempt to tie some funding for Pitt, 2 other universities to performance
HARRISBURG – A new council on Tuesday met in the Capitol to start figuring out how to make at least some of the half-billion dollars-plus that the...
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January 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Pa. panel launches attempt to tie some funding for Pitt, 2 other universities to performance
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BREAKING | President Joe Biden officially blocked U.S. Steel's sale to Japanese steelmaker Nippon "on behalf of America's national interests."
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January 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
BREAKING | President Joe Biden officially blocked U.S. Steel's sale to Japanese steelmaker Nippon "on behalf of America's national interests."
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Luigi Mangione, the man facing charges in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, will remain in a state prison in Pennsylvania for at least 30 days.
Great reporting and photos from our reporters and photographer in Altoona. www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c...
Great reporting and photos from our reporters and photographer in Altoona. www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c...
Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO denied bail as he fights extradition to New York
On Monday, Mr. Mangione was recognized by a McDonald’s employee in Altoona from photos widely distributed by the New York City Police Department following the Dec. 4 shooting death of Brian Thompson o...
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December 11, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Luigi Mangione, the man facing charges in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, will remain in a state prison in Pennsylvania for at least 30 days.
Great reporting and photos from our reporters and photographer in Altoona. www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c...
Great reporting and photos from our reporters and photographer in Altoona. www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c...