Julia Maruca
Staff Reporter at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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2 days ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
A bill that would increase the minimum number of paid sick days that workers in Pittsburgh receive is one step closer to becoming law. And while the bill won’t go into effect until next year, a group who tied up the existing law in court for years says it won’t sue over the new version. City Councilors gave the bill a preliminary OK on Wednesday. If it earns final approval next week, workers at larger companies could earn nine paid sick days, instead of the five that the city currently requires.
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3 days ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
Pittsburgh City Council voted Tuesday to convene a task force to propose sustainable funding solutions for the city’s land bank. The local agency acquires, restores and resells abandoned and blighted properties. While it was created in 2014, it wasn’t until the agency was allocated federal COVID funds — about $3 million worth — that the land bank really began moving properties back on to the tax rolls. But the land bank is set to run out of money next year, according to manager Sally Stadelman.
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1 week ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca
Union representatives and local advocates spoke overwhelmingly in support of a bill that could increase paid sick leave for Pittsburgh workers at a Wednesday City Council public hearing. “When you miss work and don’t have a sick day, your paycheck looks anemic. We can’t afford to do that,” said union member Theodore Hoffman. “We have families to support, we have mortgages to pay.
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2 weeks ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca |Chris Potter
This is WESA Politics, a weekly newsletter by our political reporters providing analysis about Pittsburgh and state politics. If you want it earlier — we'll deliver it to your inbox on Thursday afternoon — sign up here. Tuesday night marked the end of Mayor Ed Gainey’s hopes to hold onto his seat, but his evening watch party at the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers on the South Side felt more like a wake than a funeral.
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2 weeks ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca |Chris Potter
Democrats across Pittsburgh weighed in Tuesday on who should lead the city for the next four years: one-term incumbent Mayor Ed Gainey, who says he's working to ensure the whole city benefits from future growth, or Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor, who argues Gainey’s policies have held the city back. And while voters may be focused on day-to-day concerns, such as whether they can find an affordable home or get to work in a snowstorm, the race has drawn national attention.
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Developers and community organization leaders paint a mixed picture of how successful Mayor Ed Gainey has been at facilitating affordable housing. Most agree there'll still be plenty of ground to break after the May 20 primary — no matter who wins. https://t.co/1apuPH35sG
RT @KateGiammarise: To developers, affordable housing is a challenge bigger than one mayor https://t.co/0Xcg2HMppE @905wesa @MarucaJulia
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