Julia Maruca
Staff Reporter at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh city government reporter at @905wesa | @BU_Tweets grad | Prev. @TribLIVE | She/her. | RT/like/follow ≠ endorsement
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wesa.fm | Julia Maruca |Chris Potter |Tom Riese |Julia Zenkevich
Judicial races don't generate much buzz, but this year what they lack in intensity they make up for in volume. A total of eight seats on the Allegheny County's Common Pleas are up for grabs, thanks to a slew of retirements this year, and 22 candidates are seeking to fill them. Combined with an earlier eight-seat contest in 2021, well over one-third of the county's bench will have turned over in just the past four years.
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1 week ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
A televised Democratic mayoral primary debate between incumbent Mayor Ed Gainey and challenger Corey O’Connor saw both candidates stick close to their past talking points while taking the opportunity to throw fresh barbs at each other from the podium. The debate, held on WPXI and moderated by Lisa Sylvester, was the first to be aired on TV in this race.
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1 week ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
At a town hall-style gathering in Downtown Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Congresswoman Summer Lee and Mayor Ed Gainey acknowledged that Democrats and anyone opposed to the Trump administration’s agenda face a difficult road ahead, but maintained the only option is to keep fighting. Speaking to a gathering of dozens of area labor advocates hosted by SEIU 32BJ, Lee and Gainey spoke about the work their respective offices have been doing in recent months to counter a range of Trump administration moves.
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1 week ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
City Councilors and labor advocates hope to increase the number of paid sick days that employees in Pittsburgh receive. “Most working people have families, so you need sick time for if your child needs a doctor's appointment,” said Marla Blunt, a 32BJ SEIU member and worker in food services at Duquesne University who joined workers and officials for a Tuesday rally to support the cause.
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1 week ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices say they need more information before they make a decision in the already drawn-out court fight regarding Pittsburgh’s controversial facility usage fee. The so-called “jock tax” is a 3% levy on out-of-town athletes and entertainers who perform in city-owned venues.
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Members of the century-old Pittsburgh chapter of the NAACP were given a task by their organization’s national branch on Monday: Gather enough active members to determine what future the organization has in Pittsburgh. https://t.co/jfV6jnleoR
From @CPotterPgh: notes from today's debate between Pittsburgh's two Democratic mayoral candidates, incumbent Mayor Ed Gainey and challenger County Controller Corey O'Connor. https://t.co/0yMFoSkxCZ
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s chief of staff, Jake Wheatley, has resigned, the mayor’s office announced Saturday. https://t.co/dOAdbzd3OL