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The $6.5 million ShotSpotter contract sparks a fix for a purchasing loophole.

A bill before council would close a gap in the city’s contract procurement system that was revealed by a surprise five-year $6.5 million contract with ShotSpotter.

Vibrant Pgh’s $50,000 membership gets a second chance.

In a 5-4 vote, council reversed course and agreed to move forward with renewing a $50,000 annual membership to Vibrant Pgh. The committee initially gave the legislation a negative recommendation…

Two years of zoning reform head toward final approval, a ShotSpotter loophole fix lands at $1 million and $50,000 Vibrant Pgh membership gets revived.

The long-running zoning rewrite moves to the finish line.

Two years after then-Mayor Ed Gainey submitted bills to Pittsburgh City Council to increase the amount of affordable housing in the city, that legislation is close to enactment.

First phase of the permitting overhaul is held at the administration’s request.

A bill that would take the first step to overhaul Pittsburgh’s permitting system was held by council at the mayoral administration’s request.

Water bills, trust fund draws and a growing deficit inspire finance reforms, while a zoning cleanup is held and a Market Square historic marker gets a petition.

Residents petition for a hearing to replace a missing workplace safety marker in Market Square.

Though the Downtown steel mills are long gone, some residents think that a remembrance of the people who died in them should not be.

Proposed bills would offer council budget training and put quarterly finance sessions into law.

Pittsburgh City Council would like to put an end to receiving financial surprises.

Pittsburgh City Council advances $340M in new on-call vendor contracts, a vendor review system, and a tree study after illegal cutting.

$340 million in contracts for 96 vendors moves forward without department details.

Even as the spotlight shines brightly on city spending, Pittsburgh City Council remains inconsistent with addressing requests that lack specificity.

A new review system might help the city weigh past performance before renewing a contract.

When it comes to renewing contracts, the city currently can’t account for poorly completed services.

A half mile of trees illegally cut down along the Ohio Riverfront Trail leads to a two-year tree study.

The city is planning to spend more than $4,000 to count city trees that were cut down by a property owner in order to determine the restitution needed.

EMS providers get a faster path to $1 million in opioid settlement relief.

Allegheny County is ready to disburse money from the opioid settlement fund to emergency medical services (EMS) after nearly a year of planning.

Council asks to sit in on the court fight over its $1.5 billion-short pension fund 🔗.

The governor and the general assembly are now on deck to potentially intervene to right the county employees’ sinking pension fund.

EMS providers near $1 million in opioid relief, county council seeks a place in its $1.5 billion pension fight, and door-to-door reassessment could cost $50 million.

Door-to-door reassessment could cost $50 million and bring a wave of appeals.

Council’s assessment practices committee did not come to any conclusions when it  met Sept. 14 to continue discussion about the looming county-wide property reassessments.

City closes North Side space that provided drop-in support for unhoused residents.

An expired lease is uprooting the Reaching Out on the Streets (ROOTS) drop-in location on the North Side.

A will of council urges county lawmakers to require paid parental leave.

After a unanimous recommendation by the Allegheny County Board of Health on Sept. 28, the decision of whether to require businesses to provide paid parental leave will now go to Allegheny County…

City council urges support for 12-week paid parental leave while an expired lease shutters ROOTS on the North Side.

Speakers warn that surveillance technology threatens civil rights.

Council is studying the use of surveillance technology by local governments after receiving a report on it earlier this month.