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With polls showing a tight presidential race, Democrats are hoping to unite their base behind an issue that once divided them: reproductive rights.
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The final rule allows Pittsburgh workers who earn salaries up to $58,656 to collect overtime pay for their work. The previous rule set the threshold at $35,568. -
Appliances sold in Pennsylvania would need to meet stricter efficiency standards under a measure passed by the state House. -
Ticks, spotted lanternflies and cicadas have reputations in Pennsylvania. Summer is on its way, and the creepy crawlers are either beginning life cycles or stepping out to catch blood meals. -
Republican state Rep. Dave Zimmerman is pushing state legislators to invite chaplains into public school districts to serve as counselors to students and teachers. -
Pennsylvania's House and Senate are considering legislation that would provide up to 20 weeks of paid family leave through a payroll tax. The proposed measure has bipartisan sponsorship, but some Republicans have vocally opposed it because of the cost to taxpayers. -
The university initiated a “voluntary separation incentive program” for some Commonwealth Campus employees as a way to reduce its multimillion-dollar budget deficit. -
More than 3,000 union members will be affected by the agreement, according to the United Steelworkers. -
Waste from the oil and gas industry plays a central role in science journalist Justin Nobel‘s new book "Petroleum-238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It."
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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Placekicker Mark Jackson is hoping to trade one kind of football for another. The Ireland native grew up playing Gaelic football back home. He's now in Pittsburgh hoping to earn a roster spot as a kicker with the Steelers. -
An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, hours sooner than anticipated. -
Pennsylvania taxpayers paid $410,000 for state flights last year, the most since 2011. Shapiro took most of those flights. -
Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving as state lawmakers hope to reduce distracted driving accidents. -
Produced by Bike Pittsburgh with support from UPMC Health Plan, the free community event opens two miles of car-free streets in Downtown and the South Side.
