
Hallie Lauer
Staff Writer at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Jordan Anderson |Jacob Geanous |Hallie Lauer |Megan Guza
Efforts to clear homeless encampments from pockets throughout the city over the past 18 months have resulted in a marked decrease as the summer begins, officials said. The number of tents and other temporary structures lining riverfronts and dotting Downtown streets has dropped by 76% since this time last year, the Allegheny County Department of Human Services said in a statement last week. While most of the encampments have been disbanded, some still stand, primarily in the South Side.
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2 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Benjamin Kail |Hallie Lauer
Even before reporters peppered him with a few political questions during his appearance at the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club Friday, Gov. Josh Shapiro was teed up to shine the spotlight on the battleground Keystone State and the unifying power of sports.
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2 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Hallie Lauer |Steve Bohnel
More than 3,300 job seekers with prior federal government experience have applied for Pennsylvania state government jobs since Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order in March directing agencies to recognize federal experience as meeting equivalent Commonwealth job requirements. In March, Mr. Shapiro, a Democrat, announced the state was launching the “Careers for Federal Employees” initiative amid President Donald Trump’s push to dramatically reduce the size of the federal workforce.
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3 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Hallie Lauer
Republican at-large Allegheny County Councilman Mike Embrescia will have to run for election this fall, a judge ruled Thursday, resolving a months-long legal dispute over the language in the county charter. Mr. Embrescia, was appointed to one of the at-large seats on council earlier this year, after former councilman Sam DeMarco resigned from his position to work for U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick.
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3 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Hallie Lauer
PG Politics is written by Hallie Lauer, the Post-Gazette's city government and politics reporter. Each Wednesday, she'll take readers inside the halls of Grant Street and deliver unparalleled reporting on Pittsburgh City Council and the race for Pittsburgh mayor. You'll also see dispatches from our reporting teams all across Western Pennsylvania, Harrisburg and Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.To get this content exclusively a day earlier, use this link to subscribe to the newsletter.
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