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The deadline for REAL ID enforcement is May 7. REAL ID, which is identified by a little star on driver’s licenses, will be required to enter some federal buildings or fly domestically. “There's anywhere between two and a half to three million passengers that travel through TSA checkpoints on a daily basis,” said Jerry Spero, federal security director for Pennsylvania and Delaware for the Transportation Security Administration.

2 weeks ago | wesa.fm | Glynis Board

With so many trees a century old and older, Pittsburgh’s Edgewood neighborhood was particularly hard hit by this week’s storm. Giant trees tore through roofs and into bedrooms,"We've been here since 8 o'clock this morning. We'll probably be here until about 7 or 8," said Darnell Chambers — a sculptor and painter who works on the side for The Tree Squad. "It's a hot mess. There's trees everywhere, poles down, electric wires everywhere.

2 weeks ago | wesa.fm | Glynis Board

Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Education signed off Wednesday night on the multi-million dollar North Shore development dubbed Esplanade. The school district is the third of three taxing bodies required to vote on the matter for the project to move forward. Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) board approved the first phase of the plan in November.

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In lieu of a third-party contractor, Pittsburgh Public Schools will be analyzing its own data in-house to determine which elementary schools will feed into given high schools. At the latest PPS board agenda review meeting, Superintendent Wayne Walters shared the update in response to the board’s request for updates regarding the district’s Facilities Utilization Plan.

2 weeks ago | wesa.fm | Glynis Board

On Friday, the Justice Department announced it would restore student visas of thousands of international students in the United States. Many students abruptly saw their records in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) disappear — a database that tracks compliance with requirements to maintain a student’s legal status. The action affected dozens of students in Pennsylvania. The federal government’s reversal reaches into the halls of Pittsburgh’s institutions of higher learning.