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

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.

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.

Golden Horizons would bring a 55+ community with pickleball to Banksville.

A senior housing community that is planned for Banksville is set to clear another hurdle when council accepts the Pittsburgh Planning Commission’s recommendations and rezones the former Vincential…

Paving becomes the quickest way to use up unspent pandemic aid.

With three months of the year remaining, the city may pour its remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding onto the streets.

Experts call the surveillance report just a starting point, $346,683 in pandemic aid moves to paving, and a Banksville site advances toward 124 townhomes.

Council pauses a $50,000 Vibrant Pittsburgh membership renewal to ask what it delivers.

A request to renew membership with Vibrant Pittsburgh illuminated a new concern for council.

Pittsburgh faces no fines for its 4,000+ code violations while a $50,000 Vibrant Pittsburgh membership renewal goes on hold.

Controller audit reveals city-owned properties break code rules but face no fines.

The City of Pittsburgh does not pay fines for code violations on city-owned properties.

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.

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.

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

Verra Mobility’s red light cameras land on a list of 37 surveillance tools up for review.

As Pittsburgh readies itself for the next round of automated red light enforcement (ARLE) cameras, city council has asked to know more about the technology’s surveillance capabilities.

Permit change aims to end no parking signs that linger for weeks with no work.

In the chaos of Pittsburgh’s construction season, if it’s not one frustration, it’s another.

DOMI explains why it keeps tearing up newly paved streets, Red light cameras get a surveillance inquiry, and Love Your Block returns with $20,000.

Love Your Block returns after a two-year pause with $20,000 for 17 neighborhood groups.

The Office of Community Affairs (OCA) is once again helping neighborhood groups to love their blocks.

Nearly $60,000 would buy a dozen trailers for snow and lawn crews.

A new Department of Public Works (DPW) purchase could help cut back the city’s overgrowth problem.

Projected year-end deficit grows to $30.2 million as revenues fall short.

With the close of the second quarter, Pittsburgh’s financial situation is looking even more grim with the NFL Draft having put a $1 million hole in the budget.

Pittsburgh's deficit reaches $30.2 million, deepened by assumed NFL Draft loss, as Public Works buys a dozen trailers for neglected upkeep.

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.