Amy Whipple

Proposed ordinance would keep sexual abuse protections for trans county inmates.

Should the federal government remove protections for transgender individuals in the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), they may still be protected at the county level.

Bill to unmask federal agents in the county hits a legal wall.

An effort to unmask federal law enforcement working in Allegheny County will remain in committee for now.

University partnership aims to take the guesswork out of the building permit process.

The Department of Innovation and Performance (DIP) could figure out how to make the city’s permitting process more accessible to residents during a three-year partnership with Johns Hopkins…

City renews tools that let residents tinker with the budget.

The city’s budget website, in which residents can set their own priorities and see how they are reflected in the city budget, may survive the current budget crisis.

Documenting Pittsburgh's LGBTQIA+ history with a $25K state grant.

After a failed bid to name the city’s first gay historic landmark, the Department of City Planning (DCP) would like to learn more about Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ history.

Johns Hopkins to study permit delays, $25K grant to document LGBTQIA+ history, and budget tools renewed for residents.

Council accepts $1.8M from dissolved health nonprofit to shore up mental health and social services.

Despite having close to $1 billion in funding for 2026, the county’s Department of Human Services (DHS) needs more money.

Draft Touted as Success and County Property Tax Hearings to Skip Pittsburgh.

Proposed property reassessment public hearings skip Pittsburgh.

Members of Allegheny County Council want to give residents more chances to speak out about the proposed reassessment schedule.

County exec uses quarterly address to highlight residents’ benefits from NFL Draft prep.

The NFL Draft may not have lived up to expectations, but event preparation was a win according to Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato.

Limits on immigration agents, a call for crime data, and a recycling upgrade advance.

New software will replace the paper binders guiding Pittsburgh’s recycling trucks since 2008.

The Department of Public Works (DPW) is ready to recycle the printed routes its drivers have been using for the last eight years.

Two more bills aim to limit where immigration enforcement can operate in Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh City Council is moving forward with legislation to freeze out access by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to city property.

Council pushes for quarterly crime data amid Market Square teen restrictions.

Council members want more than stories when it comes to restricting teens from public spaces.

Advancing assistance for greener parks and better tracking food bank inventory.

City planning to send expiring pandemic relief dollars to food banks.

As the expiration deadline for federal grants looms, the city continues its efforts to spend balances.

An agreement to keep young volunteers working in city parks to last 10 years.

Pittsburgh’s natural spaces may soon have a stronger root system for volunteers.

Proposed bill takes aim at officer anonymity amid immigration enforcement.

Allegheny County Council may increase accountability for law enforcement officers.

County jail inmates receive first paychecks after 200 years of unpaid work.

As of this month, people incarcerated in the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) will no longer be forced to work without pay.

Allegheny County Council takes up police accountability bill, receives update on new jail wages.