Julia Felton

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Julia Felton

Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority and Allegheny County’s Department of Human Services are helping to replace federal funding President Donald Trump revoked for refugee resettlement agencies. The authority’s board on Thursday authorized $224,000 in total for three organizations — Jewish Family and Community Services, Hello Neighbor and AJAPO. That money will help fund housing-related services — like security deposits or rent assistance — for 224 refugees in Pittsburgh.

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Julia Felton

Pittsburgh City Councilperson Bob Charland stood Tuesday morning in a Knoxville alley where food wrappers and paper plates poked out of discarded garbage bags and a box of hypodermic needles lay smashed on the road. “I am sick and tired of our neighborhoods looking like no one cares about them,” Charland, D-South Side, said. “We know that our public works employees are working as hard as they can to get this city cleaned up.

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Julia Felton

The Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh’s Strip District is planning an expansion that will include a new theater, exhibition space and classrooms. “The expansion will help secure long-term sustainability for the museum and further position the History Center as a premier cultural attraction in Pittsburgh,” Brady Smith, a museum spokesman, said. On Tuesday, the Planning Commission approved the first step — tearing down four buildings on Penn Avenue to pave the way for a new addition.

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Julia Felton

Government health officials warned Monday that $20 million for equipment to conduct disease testing at a new Allegheny County laboratory is in jeopardy because of drastic spending cuts by President Donald Trump. Trump is trying to block $11 billion in public health grants that flow through the states, but a federal judge has temporarily halted his plans. As a result, Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato said, the facility is moving ahead on equipment purchases for the Marshall facility.

3 weeks ago | triblive.com | Julia Felton

The field to replace Pittsburgh Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith just shrank. Two Democratic candidates vying for her seat on City Council will not appear on the ballot in the May primary following a court ruling. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge John McVay last week determined that David Binkoski, 36, of Duquesne Heights did not file required financial disclosure and ethics forms. McVay also ruled that Amanda Neatrour, 43, of Sheraden, did not submit enough valid signatures on her petition.