Wake Up, Pittsburgh!
By Matt Peiken
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Catch up on all the Pittsburgh news every weekday morning. Our newscast podcast draws stories from across the local news media landscape to keep you in-the-know in under four minutes.
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Friday, March 27: Deluzio Criticizes War + Scialabba Resigns + Mt. Lebanon Vape Pushback
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Thursday, March 26: Revised City Budget + Working with ICE + Second School Employee Charged
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Wednesday, March 25: ICE at PIT + Police-ICE on Bodycam Footage + Parents of Murdered Children
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Tuesday, March 24: ICE at Airport + 4 Teens Killed in Crash + Rate Your Landlord
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Monday, March 23: Mars-Adams Merger + Parking Enforcement Scrutiny + Supporting Haitian Women
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Friday, March 20: Chief Reviews ICE Response + Shell Plant Pollution + City Paper to Relaunch
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Thursday, March 19: Budget Cuts and Crisis + Springdale ICE Protests + Theaters Merge
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Wednesday, March 18: Lingering Outages + UPMC Data Breach + Pricey Police Car Washes
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Tuesday, March 17: Demonstrators, Police Clash + PPS Tackles Absenteeism, Payroll Challenges
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Monday, March 16: Restoring Power + Partnering with Public Schools + Allegheny County Early Voting
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Friday, March 13: Reopening 2026 Budget + Commercial Development Slump + Downtown Investment
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Thursday, March 12: ICE Out of Allegheny + Detective Faces Charge + Recogition for Museums
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Wednesday, March 11: Where's the Assessor? + Parkway East Impacts + New Palmer Airport Airline?
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Tuesday, March 10: Rising Schools Budgets + Zoning, Permits Streamlined + UPMC Magee Nurses' Proposal
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Monday, March 9: Polluted Streams + Abandoned House Demolished + Artist Mosley Dies at 99
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Friday, March 6: Schools Leader Investigated + Post-Gazette Optimism + Bhutanese Misinformation
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Thursday, March 5: Threats, Hate Speech + Carnegie Mellon Fallout + Resist vs Embrace Data Centers
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Wednesday, March 4: Block of ICE + Transgender Youth Records + Quarry Dust + Local News Media
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Tuesday, March 3: Pittsburgh Biotech + UPMC Profits + Abandoned Boats + Inclusive Churches
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Monday, March 2: Carnegie-Epstein Connection + Affordable Housing Conversion + Gainey Looks Back
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Friday, Feb. 27: Mon-Fayette Extension + Montessori School Denied + Campus Strategies for ICE, CBP
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Thursday, Feb. 26: Mazzocco Wins + Allegheny Leader to NYC + More Outdoor Vendors
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Wednesday, Feb. 25: Local ICE responses + Sextortion Alert + EMS Napping Advocate
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Tuesday, Feb. 24: Black Homeownership + Water Bill Hikes
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Monday, Feb. 23: Pitt ICE Recruitment Backlash + Student Charged with Sextortion + Haven Temporarily Closes
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Friday, Feb. 20: Unresolved Murders + Call for Transparency + Business Districts Boost + ICE Debate, Walkout
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Thursday, Feb. 19: Blighted Properties Strategies + ICE Arrest After PD Call + Theft, Forgery Charges
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Wednesday, Feb. 18: Mayor's Economic Plan + Steel Plant Exposures + Pittsburgh Airport PFAS + Mosque's Mandate
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Tuesday, Feb. 17: Off-Duty Cop Fracas + Catholic Churches Closing + Patching Ambulances
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Monday, Feb. 16: Schools' ICE Policies + Springdale Rally + Allegheny Tax Base + $50M Bond Plan + Pluralism at Pitt
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Friday, Feb. 13: Schools on ICE + Short-Term Rental Ordinance + Theater Woes + Victim ID'd After 36 Years
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Thursday, Feb. 12: Wrong-Way Crashes + Deluzio Defiance + O'Connor Schools Push + Porter Sour on Roethlisberger
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Wednesday, Feb. 11: ICE Ban Debate + Westmoreland Coach Charged + Rooftop Racial Impact Study
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Tuesday, Feb. 10: ICE Protest + Lingering Storm Impact + Transit Overhaul + Gainey's Next Gig
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Monday, Feb. 9: Fogel Deep Dive + Opportunity Zone Values + DiSilvio Dies + Massive Data Center
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Friday, Feb. 6: Weekend Storm Watch + Housing Order + Pitt Meeting Disrupted + Nurse Suspended
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Thursday, Feb. 5: Lando Confirmed as Chief + Oakmont Takes ICE Stand + LGBTQ Gun Group + Football Documentary
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Wednesday, Feb. 4: Education Priorities + GOP Feud + Draft Plan + Pitt Real Estate
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Tuesday, Feb. 3: Blaming Plows, Rookies + Frozen Water Warning + Fatal Car Plunge + Downtown Conversion + Debate Team Under Threat
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Monday, Feb. 2: PGH's ICE Stance, Responses + Condemned Home Backlog + More Snowplows + Black History Month Events
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Friday, Jan. 30: Lando, Williams Grilled + New Ambulances + Future-Ready PPS + PAPER Launched
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Thursday, Jan. 29: ICE Block + Rental Crackdown + Transit Shutdown Assessed + PITT AI Policies + Theaters Merge
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Thursday, Jan. 15: Business District Boost + Short-Term Rental Scrutiny + Unionized Workers Can Return
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Wednesday, Jan. 14: Tomlin Steps Down + PPS Contracts Scrutiny + Newspaper Closure Fallout + New Opera Director
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Tuesday, Jan. 13: Steelers Tourism Impact + Mental Health Program Controversy + Dog, Owner Shocked
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Monday, Jan. 12: Terminal Nearly Finished + Locks and Dam Overall + Trans Inmate Protections
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Friday, Jan. 9: Shapiro Campaign Starts in Pitt + News Media Gap + Wastewater Tracks Drug Use + Keys to the City
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Thursday, Jan. 8: Post-Gazette Sunsetting + New Mayor Jumps In + Shooting Prompts Rental Rules Look
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Wednesday, Jan. 7: Mayor's First Executive Order + '26 Election Races + Waymo On Road + New Urban League Head
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Tuesday, Jan. 6: O'Connor Sworn In + PNC Expands + City Paper Closes + Brookline Teen Outreach
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Monday, Jan. 5: Homicides Drop + Mazzocco on Ballot + Teen Arrest Scrutiny + Young Carnegie Mayor
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Tuesday, Dec. 30: Weather Outages + Homewood House Takeover + Heroic AI Startup + Pricey Fire Trucks Idle
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Monday, Dec. 29: Mayor Gainey Reflects + Judge Blocks DOJ + Court-Ordered Mental Care + Pittsburgh Students Pursue Trades
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Tuesday, Dec. 23: Downtown Makeover + Lando Promises Focus + Vacant Homes Persist
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Monday, Dec. 22: Tax Increase + ICE Detentions Surge + Water Board Responds + EPA Hearing in Pittsburgh
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Friday, Dec. 19: Schools Budget + Penguins Purchase + Gainey, Kail-Smith Reflections
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Thursday, Dec. 18: Data Center Approved + Fast-Tracking Rejected + Millvale Take Hike + Groundbreaking Union Leader + Snow Response Bashed
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Wednesday, Dec. 17: Snowplow Shortage + Allegheny Dementia Grant + Documenting School Struggles + La Roche Donation + Hair Discrimination Law
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Tuesday, Dec. 16: Unsafe Silica Levels + Springdale Data Center + Pittsburgh Home Values Drop + Sisters Supporting Immigrant Justice
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Monday Dec. 15: New PPD Chief + Tax Hikes Loom + Tourism Championed + East Hills Drive + Holocaust Survivor Passes
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Friday, Dec. 12: Budget clash + Crafton Revises Zoning + PNC Workers Worried + Food Resilience Boost + Sports Performance Exhibit
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Thursday, Dec. 11: Taxable Value Drops + Reading Scores Slip + New Duquesne School + Free Bus Passes + Pro Women's Volleyball
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Wednesday, Dec. 10: 30% Tax Hike? + Housing Fund Cuts? + Schools Shortfall + False Alarm Fines + Early Draft Planning
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Off-Duty Cop Gigs + Property Tax Hike? + Budget Gap Fallout + Carnegie Museum Director Leaving + Driverless Care Training
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Monday, Dec. 8: Mayor's Budget Blasted + Freeway Removal + Corporate Responsibility + Academic Freedom + TransYOUniting Honored
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Friday, Dec. 5: Hospital Urgency + Challenge to Reschenthaler + Pittsburgh Cyberstalking Case + Academic Freedom + Hill District Theaters
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Thursday, Dec. 4: Waymo in Pittsburgh + Property Tax Hikes + Public Schools Outlook + 'Mon Bomber' Search
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Wednesday, Dec. 3: Snowstorm impacts + Reading Scores Fall + Water Board Investigation + Esplanade Launches + 82-Year Mystery Ends
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Tuesday, Dec. 2: Environmental Cleanup + Allegheny Health Profits + 2050 Plan Shakeup + Chartiers Valley Raises + Oakland Residents Fight for Community
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Monday, Dec. 1: Allentown T Debate + Hospital Rankings + Tax Credit Preserved + Blighted Homes Solution + EV Charging Protest
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Tuesday, Nov. 25: Pittsburgh Tax Hikes? + RAD Parks Investment + Sala Udin Reflects + University Funding, Enrollment
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Monday, Nov. 24: Allegheny Air Quality + Lower Hill Redevelopment + Airport Holiday Test + Boosting Prep Sports + Riverhounds Title
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Friday, Nov. 21: Land Bank Boost + Women Fighting Neighborhood Flooding + Sharpsburg's First Black Mayor + Row House Cinema Revival
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Thursday, Nov. 20: Health Merger + Catholic Leadership + Pollution Fees + Charge of 'Neocolonialism' + Campus Politics
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Wednesday, Nov. 19: Coghill Cancellation? + Progressive Challenge + Winter Shelter + Nova Place + Mayoral Appointees
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Monday, Nov. 17: School Closures + Fetterman Health Update + HIV Funding + Parish Closures + Park Ecology
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Friday, Nov. 14: Police Chief Nomination + Fetterman Hospitalized + Black Photography Exhibition + Musician Lemon Returns
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Thursday, Nov. 13: Continued Impasse + School Violence Shrinks + Esplanade Moves Forward + Rep. Lee Meets Students
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Wednesday, Nov. 12: Council Controversy + Mayor's Final Speech + Deluzio Slams Senate + Pittsburgh's 'Black Book' Scandals
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Trailer: Wake Up, Pittsburgh!
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Nov 10, 2025 |