Allegheny County Council

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.

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.

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 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.

Campaign materials built with generative AI could need a clear disclosure starting next year.

As the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow, so does the public desire to put boundaries around it.

Allegheny County Council proposals revisit the 2021 shackling ban for incarcerated people and would fine undisclosed AI county campaign ads up to $300.

Proposal would soften a 2021 ban on shackling incarcerated individuals during medical care.

Medical emergencies at the county jail are climbing, and so is the question of who should guard and transport the people having them.

County banks $100,000 by switching to digital paystubs, part of a zero-carbon goal.

Allegheny County saved $100,000 in the past year by switching to digital paystubs.

Data centers face a proposed ban on county-owned property, senior housing conditions get a Sept. 24 hearing, and paperless paystubs save $100,000.

Reports of deplorable apartments prompt a Sept. 24 hearing on senior housing.

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development controls more than 10,000 housing units, for individuals and families, in Allegheny County.

Proposed ban would keep data centers off county-owned property.

A majority of Allegheny County Council members have agreed they want the county not to allow data centers on county-owned land.

County begins search for new jail warden as $2.15 million grant funds incarceration alternatives and council eyes unified services platform.

County awarded grant to pay for alternatives to incarceration.

County council’s budget and finance committee voted on July 9 to move forward with accepting a $2.15 million grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. The grant is part of the…

Council Member Botta pitches Allegheny One, a single online home for public services.

Council Member Jordan Botta of Friendship has asked for a study to see if the county can create a one-stop website for all of the county’s resources and services.

Warden Wingard resigns after 18 months at the county jail.

Allegheny County Jail Warden Trevor Wingard is leaving his job at the end of July after leading the jail for 18 months.

Overall: County council ties $1.4 billion pension gap to push for more staff, hears testimony on 18-week paid parental leave and backs Magee-Womens nurses.

Unvetted board appointments and $3 billion budget drive argument for more council staff.

Discussion ahead of final votes for two proposed referendums highlighted council’s weak spots during its June 23 meeting.

A resolution backs Magee-Womens nurses as a July 4 contract deadline nears.

Newly unionized registered nurses and advanced practitioners at Magee-Womens Hospital are receiving support from Allegheny Council. During the June 23 meeting, 10 council members introduced a…

Residents make the case for 18 weeks of paid parental leave.

Even though potential legislation is still months away, Allegheny County Council is ready to push discussion on paid parental leave.

Allegheny County Council budget and benefits could reach the November ballot while the county buys its $4.3 million medical examiner's office.