Council advances $50 million Downtown TRID despite public opposition, controller’s deficit warning, and benefits that are “murky at best.”

URA says the TRID can turn around an $813 million drop in Downtown property values.

Pittsburgh City Council’s July 22 committee meeting featured two hours of public comment and two and a half hours of council discussion about the proposed Downtown Pittsburgh Transit Revitalization…

Two hours of comment, 40 speakers, and almost no support for the Downtown TRID.

The meeting started with two hours of public comment as 40 speakers addressed council about the TRID.

Downtown TRID amendment would guard service workers from layoffs but require them to give up the right to strike.

The legislation was changed after council’s June 3 committee meeting to include a requirement to pay a prevailing wage and service employee protections as negotiated by the 32BJ branch of the Service…

Controller Heisler urges caution, citing $44.7 million deficit.

Controller Rachael Heisler had her own assessment of the proposed Downtown TRID.

Painting the pavement at a busy Larimer intersection could make crossing safer.

Larimer may soon join the list of neighborhoods where art and pedestrian safety intersect.

Suburban EMS crews billed $27,000 for the NFL Draft.

The City of Pittsburgh is taking at $27,000 hit from NFL Draft invoices.

Nearby EMS crews collect $27,000 for the NFL Draft while the Larimer Consensus Group prepares to paint its asphalt.

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.

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…

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.