It will be a long climb to fix the city’s steps.

Clean ups barely make a dent in litter problem.

City council members won’t stop talking trash.

Cleaning endless litter, catching illegal dumpers, automating traffic tickets and repairing city steps.

Police traffic ticket books may be a thing of the past.

City police need an automated system for traffic citations instead of the inefficient paper tickets it currently issues.

City may borrow cameras to catch illegal dumpers.

The Department of Public Works wants to catch illegal dumpers in the act.

Update on “protected classes.”

Council did not cast its final vote to simplify language in the city code for protected classes. Council Member Erika Strassburger of Upper Squirrel Hill said the legal department advised them to…

Opening up to more sidewalk vendors, emergency grants for social service orgs, and revising the Lower Hill’s community benefits agreement.

Community benefits agreement reinforced for Lower Hill.

After the Pittsburgh Penguins skated away from redeveloping the Lower Hill Special Planning District, last week, the council member representing the area moved to make sure the community benefits…

The city releases its plans for block grant money.

A bevy of social service and community groups across the city are set to receive more than $4 million from the city’s Community Development Block Grant funding.

Vendors may be back on the sidewalks again.

For $135, small vendors might be able to sell food and merchandise on sidewalks and in parking spaces, as long as they pay for metered parking.

Protected classes to be simplified in city code.

In the wake of increasing discrimination at the federal level, Pittsburgh’s Commission on Human Rights, the municipal civil rights enforcement agency, is seeking to enshrine protections for…

Pittsburgh forgot to pay its light bills.

Council learned at the Oct. 22 committee meeting that it has been in the dark about the city’s electric bills.

Warwick tries to keep trash from piling up in Hazelwood.

Council Member Barb Warwick of Greenfield is trying to keep Hazelwood residents from living 100 yards from tons of garbage.

Protected classes, forgotten light bills and keeping raw garbage at bay.

A previous version of this article did not include "Gender Identity or Expression in the list of protected classes (It was not consistently included in the legislatino). This was corrected 11am on…

Three Sisters Bridges, Schenley Park and Pump Stations are on the verge of historic designations.

Pittsburgh has a long history and now more of it is about to be designated as “historic.”

Coghill finds money to repair a playground and buy a garbage truck.

Council Member Anthony Coghill of Beechview wants to use $415,000 saved on lower interest payments to buy a garbage truck and for Brookline Memorial Park playground upgrades.

City’s vehicle fleet barely limping along.

The inaugural fleet oversight report painted a picture of despair.

The saga of inclusionary zoning takes another plot twist.

An effort to mandate affordable housing in large new or renovated developments has been stalled again. City council voted 5-4 to amend the inclusionary zoning (IZ) legislation, which sent the bill…

Inclusionary Zoning Takes New Turn While Pittsburgh Addresses Failing Fleet and Preserves Landmarks.

A plan to have Munhall assist with plowing the streets gets kicked to the curb.

A plan to ask Munhall to plow three neighborhoods was met with hostility by council members who accused the proponent of giving up on Pittsburgh workers.

Community groups may be out of the business of organizing neighborhood development meetings.

Council Member Theresa Kail-Smith of Westwood proposed suspending the city’s use of registered community organizations (RCOs) to manage community meetings with developers.