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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Local trade apprenticeships and union gain national attention from North America's Building Trades Unions
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Between 10 reassessment reductions granted this year, downtown real estate values have plunged by $448 million alone.
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Biden opposes plan to sell US Steel to a Japanese firm, citing the need for 'American steel workers'President Joe Biden is opposing the planned sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel of Japan, saying the U.S. needs "strong American steel companies powered by American steel workers.”
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Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jill E. Rangos is giving the owners of Century III Mall in West Mifflin until next month to show good-faith progress in updating the property or she will move forward with a proceeding that could allow the District Attorney’s Office to take possession and have it demolished with public funds.
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The Delaware Riverkeeper Network and other groups objected to the fact that the public meeting was being held at the steamfitters union hall.
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Allegheny County’s Board of Health approved updates to the health department code that oversees rental units but did not establish a housing advisory board.
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The cost of providing water and sewage across the country has been increasing by more than triple the rate of inflation — and that cost is increasing even faster in the Pittsburgh area, as the region undergoes generational infrastructure improvements. Some water and sewage utilities are doing better than others at helping vulnerable customers keep their water on.
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The company also disclosed Monday that CEO Alan Shaw received a 37% raise last year, reaching $13.4 million in total compensation in 2023.
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Five animals have died at the zoo since July 2023 — three in the past month.
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Farmland is appealing to developers for grid-scale solar because it’s often easy to build on and close to infrastructure like transmission lines.