County awarded grant to pay for alternatives to incarceration.

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.

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

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.

A $58,283 bill in overlooked interest is all that's left to own 2,000 Dell devices.

Pittsburgh is $58,283 away from owning over 2,000 Dell devices used by city employees.

Glen Hazel families turn out to back afterschool programs at Burgwin Recreation Center.

Sixteen residents — including six children — turned out to support programming at Glen Hazel’s Burgwin Recreation Center, as council considered whether Stop the Violence (STV) dollars should foot the…

Glen Hazel’s Burgwin Recreation Center holds another two weeks as the city brings its computers and network in-house.

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.

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…

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.

$250,000 allotted for violence prevention in six high schools this fall.

Violence prevention and intervention services will continue at six Pittsburgh Public high schools this fall.

School violence prevention funded, Hill District seniors get new home, and fleet repairs keep climbing.

Vehicle repair bills on track to reach $5.3 million this year.

The repair budget for the city’s aging vehicle fleet is breaking down as quickly as its trucks.

Macedonia FACE will provide senior meals and programs to Ammon Recreation Center.

Free recreation center space will mean continued senior services for the Hill District.

A $1 million Mellon grant could turn Learn and Earn into a year-round program.

Come fall, teens and young adults will be able to take part in the Learn and Earn program year-round.

The last ARPA dollars run dry as a $44.6 million deficit lands, Learn and Earn gains $1 million to run all year, and a $200,000 request for Glen Hazel’s rec center gets held.

After running Glen Hazel’s youth programs for free, volunteers say they can’t continue.

Discussion about supporting children and youth through the Stop the Violence (STV)  fund continued as council members considered issuing a request for proposals for programming at the Burgwin…

A projected $24 million shortfall in 2026 could leave one year before state financial control.

Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Rea Price’s assessment of 2026 thus far — and projections for its remainder — fared only marginally better.

With ARPA aid gone, 2025 closed with a $44.6 million deficit.

As Pittsburgh spends the last of its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars, the reckoning of the effect of inflation on the city’s financial health — and spending priorities — is now.

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