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Last week’s mass shooting in Wilkinsburg provoked strong reactions within the neighborhood, across the city and in national media.Writer and former…
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Cities have generally had to plan for growth, but many Pennsylvania cities now face shrinking populations. That doesn't mean they get to stop…
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City Councilman Ricky Burgess is pushing a pair of bills that he said would empower people in some of the city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods to guide…
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It’s no secret that Pittsburgh’s industrial past has resulted in environmental contamination along its waterfronts, in areas which have been dubbed…
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The advanced manufacturing sector led the 10-county Pittsburgh region in the number of investment deals last year, according to the yearly Business…
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“A child's zip code should never determine her destiny; but today, the community she grows up in impacts her odds of graduating high school, her health…
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Florida Governor Rick Scott came to Philadelphia this week to meet with company heads, to try to lure business to the Sunshine State. Scott campaigned on…
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Even before being sworn in on Jan. 20, Gov.-elect Tom Wolf is already working to ensure the transition from current Republican Gov. Tom Corbett to him is…
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Leigh Halverson is the deputy chief of staff for economic development in the Peduto administration, and on one wall of her office is a row of pink post it…
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When the lush, green curves of Route 403 give way to the expansive brick buildings of Johnstown's steel mills, innovative economic development is not the…