Pittsburgh City Council advances $340M in new on-call vendor contracts, a vendor review system, and a tree study after illegal cutting.

$340 million in contracts for 96 vendors moves forward without department details.

Even as the spotlight shines brightly on city spending, Pittsburgh City Council remains inconsistent with addressing requests that lack specificity.

A new review system might help the city weigh past performance before renewing a contract.

When it comes to renewing contracts, the city currently can’t account for poorly completed services.

A half mile of trees illegally cut down along the Ohio Riverfront Trail leads to a two-year tree study.

The city is planning to spend more than $4,000 to count city trees that were cut down by a property owner in order to determine the restitution needed.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

After a unanimous recommendation by the Allegheny County Board of Health on Sept. 28, the decision of whether to require businesses to provide paid parental leave will now go to Allegheny County…

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.