Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald

Allegheny County officials are working to establish a brand-new department—and they hope to have it up and running as soon as the start of 2023.

Tuesday night's 12 to 3 vote surpassed the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto.

Allegheny County Council has less than 30 days to attempt to override the vetoes with a two-thirds majority vote.

Allegheny County Council voted to ban fracking inside and underneath county parks Tuesday night.

A new report provides a road map and emissions data for Pittsburgh suburbs that want to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Together the 35 communities emit more greenhouse gases than Pittsburgh.

Critics of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, to drill for natural gas note that it has been linked to increased asthma rates, water contamination, and other adverse effects. Industry supporters say the fuel has already produced economic benefits for the region.

“We’re not going to negotiate public health,” County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said.

The Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas pushed the process to annex Wilkinsburg into the City of Pittsburgh forward Tuesday, the same day Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald endorsed the effort.

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald is asking all companies and organizations within the county to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Jan. 1. The county's daily COVID-19 numbers remain "stubbornly high."

Once-a-week COVID-19 testing can cost more than $6,000 a year.