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Bail reformers are facing backlash. Here’s what the facts say | Thursday Morning Coffee
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
Democrats Martell Covington and Aerion Abney will serve out the unexpired terms of now-Mayor Ed Gainey and his top aide Jake Wheatley.
Report: Stigma against people living with addiction entrenched in Pa. | Tuesday Morning Coffee
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?
The county party opted to endorse their primary opponents on May 17. It wasn’t unfamiliar territory.
New Wolf admin. rule would aid Pa.’s tipped workers | Wednesday Morning Coffee
The proposed regulation, now before a state oversight panel, would impose ‘robust and modernized guardrails’ to protect tipped workers, officials said.
Pa. Special Ed. panel recommends more funding predictability for schools | Thursday Morning Coffee
‘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
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
‘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.
My 9/11 prayer: The lessons we can learn from the great silence | Friday Morning Coffee
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
The majority of its 1,600 employees will work in Aurora’s facility in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, the company said.