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What is the 2050 Comprehensive Plan? Why is funding being questioned? What are stakeholders saying? Here’s a guide to the renewed debate over the plan. From NEXTpittsburgh: buff.ly/A1E7YCH
Council debates Pittsburgh’s $6 million 2050 Comprehensive Plan
Pittsburgh's $6 million 2050 Comprehensive Plan has been in development since 2023. New City Council resolutions would claw back some funds.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
What is the 2050 Comprehensive Plan? Why is funding being questioned? What are stakeholders saying? Here’s a guide to the renewed debate over the plan. From NEXTpittsburgh: buff.ly/A1E7YCH
New Mexico, Finland and Norway put taxpayer money toward support for stay-at-home parents. Should Allegheny County do the same? buff.ly/EvQJSvk
Parenting is essential labor. Why are we pushed to outsource it?
Guest commentary: Lavender Sedlock makes the case for Allegheny County to join the pioneering places that make raising children more economically viable and fair.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New Mexico, Finland and Norway put taxpayer money toward support for stay-at-home parents. Should Allegheny County do the same? buff.ly/EvQJSvk
During a turbulent board meeting, just three PPS directors voted for the comprehensive proposal to address some of the district’s overcapacity and inequity issues by closing 12 schools across nine buildings.
Update: PPS board rejects school closure, reconfiguration plan after 2 years of planning
Pittsburgh Public Schools will vote tonight on a plan to close 12 schools. Nearly 80 speakers at a recent hearing urged school directors to reject the plan.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
During a turbulent board meeting, just three PPS directors voted for the comprehensive proposal to address some of the district’s overcapacity and inequity issues by closing 12 schools across nine buildings.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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On March 19 the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party urged CMU to curtail Chinese enrollment. This year, CMU has 223 fewer students from China.
CMU seeks world’s ‘best and brightest’ but visa woes and anti-China rhetoric have some ‘freaked out’
Carnegie Mellon University’s pipeline of international students slows amid visa changes and growing anti-China rhetoric.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
On March 19 the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party urged CMU to curtail Chinese enrollment. This year, CMU has 223 fewer students from China.
Almost all the 80 speakers testifying during a public hearing Monday urged school board members to reject, or at least delay, the years-in-the-making facilities plan. The PPS board will vote on the plan tonight.
Opposition mounts to PPS closures plan as divided board preps for vote tonight
Pittsburgh Public Schools will vote tonight on a plan to close 12 schools. Nearly 80 speakers at a recent hearing urged school directors to reject the plan.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Almost all the 80 speakers testifying during a public hearing Monday urged school board members to reject, or at least delay, the years-in-the-making facilities plan. The PPS board will vote on the plan tonight.
Pittsburghers have an expression: ‘yinz can’t get there from here,’ but residents in Allentown may feel it even more as PRT aims to shutter the temporary T line that connects the Hilltop to the rest of the city. buff.ly/lD7sFYK
The T’s Allentown run may be ending — again — but some want to keep it on track
PRT’s temporary T reroute through Allentown draws mixed reactions. The transit agency eyes the rail’s future in a neighborhood grappling with mobility needs.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Pittsburghers have an expression: ‘yinz can’t get there from here,’ but residents in Allentown may feel it even more as PRT aims to shutter the temporary T line that connects the Hilltop to the rest of the city. buff.ly/lD7sFYK
“Take our pen and hold power to account,” Andrew Goldstein, president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, urged striking Starbucks workers this morning as Post–Gazette workers returned to their desks after a three-year strike. buff.ly/O6kji74
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh journalists return to their jobs at the Post-Gazette after three years on strike
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh journalists return to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after a court upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision for the union.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“Take our pen and hold power to account,” Andrew Goldstein, president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, urged striking Starbucks workers this morning as Post–Gazette workers returned to their desks after a three-year strike. buff.ly/O6kji74
“We should be righting the wrongs of the past, not making them worse,” Councilor Barbara Warwick told the Pittsburgh City Planning Commission before it advanced a Hazelwood rezoning plan to City Council for a final vote.
Hazelwood rezoning gets 4-2 nod, despite railroad opposition
The City Planning Commission's vote to rezone more than 40 parcels in Hazelwood sends the matter to Pittsburgh City Council. If approved there, railroads may sue.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“We should be righting the wrongs of the past, not making them worse,” Councilor Barbara Warwick told the Pittsburgh City Planning Commission before it advanced a Hazelwood rezoning plan to City Council for a final vote.
In the global race for AI, rhetoric from U.S. policy makers is taking on “red scare” tones. On CMU’s campus some people “feel really scared about saying anything that might be construed as un-American.” buff.ly/Ljh74nu
CMU seeks world’s ‘best and brightest’ but visa woes and anti-China rhetoric have some ‘freaked out’
Carnegie Mellon University’s pipeline of international students slows amid visa changes and growing anti-China rhetoric.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In the global race for AI, rhetoric from U.S. policy makers is taking on “red scare” tones. On CMU’s campus some people “feel really scared about saying anything that might be construed as un-American.” buff.ly/Ljh74nu
At the corner of Federal Street Extension and Perrysville Avenue on the North Side, a diverse group of volunteers cultivate a space for friendship and passersby who simply “want to take a break halfway up that huge fricking hill.” buff.ly/NZVYurP
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
At the corner of Federal Street Extension and Perrysville Avenue on the North Side, a diverse group of volunteers cultivate a space for friendship and passersby who simply “want to take a break halfway up that huge fricking hill.” buff.ly/NZVYurP
From the archives: See how air pollution travels across the Pittsburgh region with a CMU-built tool that inspired Al Gore’s new global tracker. buff.ly/bDNStcd
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
From the archives: See how air pollution travels across the Pittsburgh region with a CMU-built tool that inspired Al Gore’s new global tracker. buff.ly/bDNStcd
Saw Mill Run, Four Mile Run. These small creeks pose big problems for the flood-prone communities that surround them. These three local leaders are working to change that. bit.ly/4o0qr6B
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Saw Mill Run, Four Mile Run. These small creeks pose big problems for the flood-prone communities that surround them. These three local leaders are working to change that. bit.ly/4o0qr6B
A federal judge lifted Pitt’s suspension of a pro-Palestinian student group. The need for court intervention is “not a sign that academic freedom on this topic is safe at Pitt,” says prof Ruth Mostern.
How divestment calls brought academic freedom backlash at Pitt
Students and faculty at Pitt continue to call for financial transparency and divestment from Israel. Campus expression has felt the strain.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A federal judge lifted Pitt’s suspension of a pro-Palestinian student group. The need for court intervention is “not a sign that academic freedom on this topic is safe at Pitt,” says prof Ruth Mostern.
From Picklesburgh to Pirates’ games, the Roberto Clemente Bridge is frequently closed for community events. So why not make it permanent? A local architect shares his thoughts. buff.ly/DJzgcYp
The Roberto Clemente Bridge should become a linear park
The Pittsburgh bridge’s real power comes out when it’s closed to automotive traffic. So why not make that permanent and create a new attraction, like Dallas and New York have done?
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November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
From Picklesburgh to Pirates’ games, the Roberto Clemente Bridge is frequently closed for community events. So why not make it permanent? A local architect shares his thoughts. buff.ly/DJzgcYp
29 years separate Carla and Tricia, but a love of flowers and a hatred of grazing deer brought them together in a Perry Hilltop garden club. buff.ly/NZVYurP
How a boomer and a millennial started with flowers and ended up in Las Vegas
A boomer and a millennial meet at a Perry Hilltop garden. What started with flowers ended up in Las Vegas and a fond friendship.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
29 years separate Carla and Tricia, but a love of flowers and a hatred of grazing deer brought them together in a Perry Hilltop garden club. buff.ly/NZVYurP
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November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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When it comes to her neurodivergent peers, Shannon Parris sees “transitional characters breaking the cycles of our lineages and charting new paths for our children.” buff.ly/DawkkU2
I was ‘the other’ until I found my people: neurodivergent millennials
Born in Korea but adopted into white America, I was “the Asian” who couldn’t hang with “real Asians.” Now, I've found my own identity.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
When it comes to her neurodivergent peers, Shannon Parris sees “transitional characters breaking the cycles of our lineages and charting new paths for our children.” buff.ly/DawkkU2
In 1910, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. recommended that Pittsburgh turn the Saw Mill floodplain into a park. “By 1939, the entire floodplain was developed,” says Lisa Werder Brown, executive director of the Watersheds of South Pittsburgh. buff.ly/XQ9PHfv
Meet the ambassadors for Pittsburgh’s most flood-prone neighborhoods
Pittsburgh’s flood-prone zones get little support from the state or feds. As climate change drives erratic weather, these local leaders are stepping up.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In 1910, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. recommended that Pittsburgh turn the Saw Mill floodplain into a park. “By 1939, the entire floodplain was developed,” says Lisa Werder Brown, executive director of the Watersheds of South Pittsburgh. buff.ly/XQ9PHfv
Dallas and New York have converted famous bridges to pedestrian-only attractions. Should Pittsburgh do the same? buff.ly/DJzgcYp
The Roberto Clemente Bridge should become a linear park
The Pittsburgh bridge’s real power comes out when it’s closed to automotive traffic. So why not make that permanent and create a new attraction, like Dallas and New York have done?
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November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Dallas and New York have converted famous bridges to pedestrian-only attractions. Should Pittsburgh do the same? buff.ly/DJzgcYp
Pittsburgh’s City Planning Commission recommended rezoning Hazelwood’s riverfront district in a 4-2 vote Tuesday after months of delays and legal saber rattling by property owners.
Hazelwood rezoning gets 4-2 nod, despite railroad opposition
The City Planning Commission's vote to rezone more than 40 parcels in Hazelwood sends the matter to Pittsburgh City Council. If approved there, railroads may sue.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Pittsburgh’s City Planning Commission recommended rezoning Hazelwood’s riverfront district in a 4-2 vote Tuesday after months of delays and legal saber rattling by property owners.
“I’ve lived this all my life,” said Pamela Lee, during an Allegheny County Council meeting where members hiked fees levied on industrial polluters. As soon as I moved, "I felt like someone should’ve handed me an air filter and said: Welcome to Clairton.”
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Big steel faces new costs as Allegheny County approves permit fee hikes
U.S. Steel facilities will see a nearly sixfold increase in fees on its facilities, allowing the Health Department to add staff.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
“I’ve lived this all my life,” said Pamela Lee, during an Allegheny County Council meeting where members hiked fees levied on industrial polluters. As soon as I moved, "I felt like someone should’ve handed me an air filter and said: Welcome to Clairton.”
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Hedge fund or higher ed? When it comes to calls for divestment, Point Park University professor Robert Ross asks, “What are we for as institutions of higher education, if not to change the world for the better?”
How divestment calls brought academic freedom backlash at Pitt
Students and faculty at Pitt continue to call for financial transparency and divestment from Israel. Campus expression has felt the strain.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hedge fund or higher ed? When it comes to calls for divestment, Point Park University professor Robert Ross asks, “What are we for as institutions of higher education, if not to change the world for the better?”
“It’s not that there were no other Asian kids around me; there just weren’t enough to allow us to be people.” Shannon Parris reflects on years of overt racism and microaggressions on her path to identity and belonging in Pittsburgh. buff.ly/DawkkU2
I was ‘the other’ until I found my people: neurodivergent millennials
Born in Korea but adopted into white America, I was “the Asian” who couldn’t hang with “real Asians.” Now, I've found my own identity.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“It’s not that there were no other Asian kids around me; there just weren’t enough to allow us to be people.” Shannon Parris reflects on years of overt racism and microaggressions on her path to identity and belonging in Pittsburgh. buff.ly/DawkkU2
Students and faculty members at the University of Pittsburgh continue to call for financial transparency and divestment from Israel. Campus expression has felt the strain, and professors debate the school’s response. buff.ly/mo0wbaz
How divestment calls brought academic freedom backlash at Pitt
Students and faculty at Pitt continue to call for financial transparency and divestment from Israel. Campus expression has felt the strain.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Students and faculty members at the University of Pittsburgh continue to call for financial transparency and divestment from Israel. Campus expression has felt the strain, and professors debate the school’s response. buff.ly/mo0wbaz