Abigail Hakas

3 days ago | unionprogress.com | Abigail Hakas

Most of Western Pennsylvania will see sharp declines in population over the next 25 years, and communities are getting creative to fight it, including offering cashSharon and Hermitage in Mercer County are giving $5,000 each to households that move there, alongside other benefits such as YMCA memberships or access to a coworking space, as a part of a collaboration with MakeMyMove, an online relocation marketplace. Greenville, also in Mercer County, is offering nonmonetary benefits.

3 days ago | ncnewsonline.com | Abigail Hakas

Most of western Pennsylvania will see sharp declines in population over the next 25 years, and communities are getting creative to fight it, including offering cashSharon and Hermitage in Mercer County are giving $5,000 each to household that moves there, alongside other benefits like YMCA memberships or access to a coworking space, as a part of a collaboration with MakeMyMove, an online relocation marketplace. Greenville, also in Mercer County, is offering nonmonetary benefits.

4 days ago | ncnewsonline.com | Abigail Hakas

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4 days ago | unionprogress.com | Abigail Hakas

Public officials are pushing for new strategies as more women are dying before, during or after giving birth in Pennsylvania. Fueled by mental health conditions, including substance use disorders, deaths among new and expectant moms jumped by over 25% from 2013 to 2020. The state Maternal Mortality Review Committee, which examines all maternal deaths, found that 107 women died while pregnant or within a year of giving birth, in the most recently published 2020 data.

5 days ago | pittsburghmagazine.com | Abigail Hakas

As the Pittsburgh region loses residents, counties prepare for the future.