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Bail reformers are facing backlash. Here’s what the facts say | Thursday Morning Coffee

By: John L. Micek - Thursday April 7, 2022

Rising crime rates are fueling anti-reform arguments. But the data are unclear.

Pgh voters pick replacements for ex-Reps. Gainey, Wheatley in special Pa. House elections

By: Kim Lyons - Wednesday April 6, 2022

Democrats Martell Covington and Aerion Abney will serve out the unexpired terms of now-Mayor Ed Gainey and his top aide Jake Wheatley.

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Report: Stigma against people living with addiction entrenched in Pa. | Tuesday Morning Coffee

By: John L. Micek - Tuesday April 5, 2022

Hard hit by the opioid epidemic, Pa. residents take a dim view of people struggling with addiction, a new poll has found.

Progressive incumbent women were snubbed by Allegheny Co. Dem Committee. Does it matter?

By: Kim Lyons - Monday April 4, 2022

The county party opted to endorse their primary opponents on May 17. It wasn’t unfamiliar territory.

COMMENTARY

New Wolf admin. rule would aid Pa.’s tipped workers | Wednesday Morning Coffee

By: John L. Micek - Wednesday February 23, 2022

The proposed regulation, now before a state oversight panel, would impose ‘robust and modernized guardrails’ to protect tipped workers, officials said.

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Pa. Special Ed. panel recommends more funding predictability for schools | Thursday Morning Coffee

By: John L. Micek - Thursday December 16, 2021

‘These recommendations provide more clarity and consistency for school districts regarding its projected special education costs in planning yearly budgets,’ Senate Appropriations Committee Chairperson Pat Browne, R-Lehigh, said.

Pa. sends second vague email to patients about medical marijuana vape product safety

By: Kim Lyons - Wednesday December 15, 2021

There’s nothing to indicate that there was a specific incident that prompted the review.

Pa.’s review of medical cannabis vape products confuses and worries patients

By: Kim Lyons - Tuesday December 7, 2021

‘It was unprecedented, and scared a lot of people,’ an advocate says of the state’s abrupt review, which could result in some products being pulled from the market.

COMMENTARY

My 9/11 prayer: The lessons we can learn from the great silence | Friday Morning Coffee

By: John L. Micek - Friday September 10, 2021

We squandered the opportunities of 20 years ago. We still might in the pandemic. It’s not too late

Autonomous vehicle start-up Aurora names PGH as site of its corporate HQ

By: Kim Lyons - Thursday September 9, 2021

The majority of its 1,600 employees will work in Aurora’s facility in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, the company said.

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