A newly released study from the University of Pittsburgh found that the city's archery program may only maintain the overgrown deer population. Researchers suggest adding sharpshooters to make a bigger impact.
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The large arc of flat land curving through Pittsburgh's East End seems out of place, but it's actually an ancient riverbed marking where the Allegheny and Monongahela once flowed.
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As warmer temperatures start earlier and last longer, pollen growth leads to more people suffering from allergy symptoms across Pennsylvania.
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Allegheny County’s Board of Health held a preliminary vote Wednesday to create a Housing Advisory Committee.
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Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is backing legislation aimed at regulating how online social media platforms interact with children. However, its provisions are similar to those in state laws being blocked in federal courts.
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The “Lifeline Scholarship Program” would allow families of children attending a public school to be eligible to receive a scholarship of up to $10,000 for standard education and $15,000 for special education to attend a private school.
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Republican lawmakers are advancing a $3 billion tax cut, their newly unveiled counterproposal to a budget proposal from Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro as each side offers a competing vision for how to use a massive cash surplus.
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PPS will be among the first school districts in Pennsylvania to require students to take an ethnic studies course.
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Over the past decade, Democrats’ registration advantage has shrunk. Still, experts say registration can't tell you exactly how a closely divided state like Pennsylvania will vote.
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A truck full of walleye arrived at the Pleasant Mount State Fish Hatchery before noon on a cold April Friday. The gold and olive fish were there to help produce another generation for anglers to catch across Pennsylvania. The season for the freshwater fish began Saturday, May 4.
Pennsylvania is just one of more than a dozen states that have recently banned — or want to ban — the ornamental tree.
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Two weeks after an arrest warrant for Rep. Kevin Boyle, D-Philadelphia, was withdrawn, House Republicans are calling for Attorney General Michelle Henry to investigate Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.
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Rich Pell's "This is Not An Artifact" explores the ideas and objects behind his Center for PostNatural History.
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A new report from Brookings finds Black and Latino business ownership is behind a surge of new business growth in the U.S., but Pittsburgh is lagging the national trend.
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The district replaced all unfiltered water fountains by installing close to 1,300 lead-filtering ones.
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It’s the latest attempt by Republican state lawmakers to speed up permitting by allowing outside parties to review applications, rather than state agencies, such as the Department of Environmental Protection.