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1 month ago | 
pghcitypaper.com | Colin Williams
Whether you prefer a traditional, woodfired sauna, or one that's sleek and infrared-powered, these Pittsburgh area saunas can help you sweat out the winter blues.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
pghcitypaper.com | Colin Williams
New year, same problems — with Pittsburgh’s sidewalks, that is. As snow, ice, and salt worsen conditions, these indispensable pieces of infrastructure can quickly become the cause of injuries or worse. There are two main issues with local sidewalks. The first is state law. For nearly 100 years, installation and maintenance of sidewalks in Pennsylvania has fallen to property owners. Local authorities can “establish” sidewalks and construct them, per 1933 Act 69 art.
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
pghcitypaper.com | Colin Williams
Posted By Colin Williams on Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 5:00 AM As 2024 draws to a close, Pittsburgh City Paper's editorial staff members select their favorite stories from the year. Relive news editor Colin Williams' 2024 highlights below: What's up with the West End? // Feb.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
pghcitypaper.com | Colin Williams
This is a breaking story and will be updated. Here we go again: the government is on the precipice of shutting down. Like the last shutdown six years ago — the longest in history — incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s mercurial temperament and social media use played a key role in derailing a critical debt-ceiling bill at the 11th hour. This time, however, Trump was egged on by the newly emboldened Elon Musk, incoming chairman of the new Department of Government Efficiency.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
pghcitypaper.com | Colin Williams
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The Steel City is, literally and figuratively, a metal town, and Vicious Blade is one of its strongest local alloys, combining the blistering speed of thrash with the ferocity of black metal. Nationally, this has put them firmly on the radar of extreme music fans everywhere. Locally, it’s put Vicious Blade at the top of their class.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
pghcitypaper.com | Colin Williams
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“Pittsburgh is a union town,” people love to say. But when the rubber meets the road, unionizing can be a long and difficult process, as some local workers have found. That difficulty didn’t slow down the nurses at West Penn Hospital, run by Allegheny Health Network.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
pghcitypaper.com | Colin Williams
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Former President Donald J. Trump promised “retribution” throughout his campaign. With Trump now bound for office again, the promised arrests, deportations, and censorship of the media feel very real. Locally, both Democrats and Republicans say this has manifested in threats, retaliation from conservative employers, and hostility to journalists.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
pghcitypaper.com | Colin Williams
As Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon continues to claim lives and fuel regional unrest, a local group is calling out one Pittsburgh company’s role in the war effort. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Pittsburgh protested Dec. 2 outside the headquarters of Howmet Aerospace in a bid to get Howmet not to renew a contract with defense giant Lockheed Martin.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
pghcitypaper.com | Colin Williams
In her 2025 budget, Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato wants to raise county property taxes by 2.2 mills. Effectively, this means
$220 more collected per $100,000 of property value. County council is now seeking a lower hike of 1.35 mills, and at least one news outlet says property tax hikes “should be the last possible option.”The last countywide reassessment was in 2012.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
pghcitypaper.com | Colin Williams
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Approximately 6,500 miles separate Pittsburgh from Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The millennia-old Central Asian city is far older and larger than Pittsburgh and sits at the midpoint of the ancient Silk Road. Tashkent’s population has swelled as young Uzbeks leave the countryside searching for opportunities.
