Allegheny County Council
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.
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Allegheny County Council
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.
Allegheny County Council
November ballot questions could expand county lawmakers’ budget and benefits.
Allegheny County Council members are looking to ask voters to allow them to draw county pensions and add offices and staff in each of the 15 council districts.
Allegheny County Council
Proposed ballot question would give council a say on contracts over $30,000.
Come Election Day, residents may have the opportunity to change who has a say in Allegheny County’s contracts.
Allegheny County Council
Allegheny County Council gets its first woman president.
For the first time in its 26-year history, a woman will lead Allegheny County Council.
Pittsburgh City Council
Records rules are being considered after years of operating on the honor system.
The city clerk’s office wants to formalize how Pittsburgh documents its history in the making.
Allegheny County Council
Council president removal vote expected May 26.
Allegheny County Council is preparing to remove Member Pat Catena of Carnegie from the president’s seat because of a mailer sent by his campaign for state representative.
Pittsburgh City Council
City renews tools that let residents tinker with the budget.
The city’s budget website, in which residents can set their own priorities and see how they are reflected in the city budget, may survive the current budget crisis.
Pittsburgh City Council
Council pushes for quarterly crime data amid Market Square teen restrictions.
Council members want more than stories when it comes to restricting teens from public spaces.
Allegheny County Council
New life for the “de facto defunct” ethics commission.
The county’s Code of Ethics is getting an overhaul for the first time in almost 20 years.
Allegheny County Council
Term limits for county officials remain up for debate in government reform committee.
The county executive might not be the only county office with limited terms after the November election.
Pittsburgh City Council
City may publish what surveillance technology it uses.
Want to know how many ways the city surveils its residents? So does City Council.
Westmoreland County
Elections: contracts approved while residents request ballot drop boxes.
Residents urged Westmoreland County Commissioners to add ballot drop boxes during public comment at the March 5 meeting, as officials approved contracts in advance of the May 19 primary.
Pittsburgh City Council
Council approves license plate reading software as questions mount over surveillance policy and data sharing.
Pittsburgh Police are keeping an eye on your car — and everyone else's.
Allegheny County Council
Public comment time cut in half as immigration debate draws crowds.
Allegheny County Council only wanted to hear half of what residents had to say about county involvement with federal immigration enforcement.
Westmoreland County
Paper ballot printing agreement approved while residents ask for more ballot drop boxes.
Commissioners approved an agreement to purchase paper ballots to supplement electronic voting at a rate of $0.215 per ballot, plus $0.03 for a window in the outer return envelope. Residents will vote…
Forward Township
Part-time road crew hire approved without posting the job.
The board voted 2-0 to hire Mark Stewart as a part-time road crew employee, with Levdansky abstaining.
Pittsburgh City Council
Pittsburgh police have quietly used cell phone surveillance software for seven years.
For seven years, Pittsburgh police have contracted with a service that offers continuous surveillance.
Pittsburgh City Council
Council interviews Pittsburgh’s next chief of police.
As national unrest over mass deportations is increasing and Pittsburghers are in the streets expressing their views against them, Pittsburgh City Council took the next step in installing a new chief…
Allegheny County Council
The county executive may be limited to three terms total.
Council would like voters to close a potential loophole in the home rule charter.