By Mary Niederberger The agreement that allows middle and high school students in the Wilkinsburg School District to attend the Pittsburgh Public Schools has been so successful over the past…
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By Brittany Hailer Pittsburgh Current Managing Editor brittany@pittsburghcurrent.com Editor’s Note: This is a breaking story and will be updated frequently. Pittsburgh fire crews were on the scene for multiple fires…
By Charlie Deitch and Brittany Hailer Pittsburgh Current charlie@pittsburghcurrent.com, brittany@pittsburghcurrent.com Beginning Monday, April 12, incarcerated individuals at the Allegheny County Jail will have the opportunity to be vaccinated for the…
By Charlie Deitch Pittsburgh Current Editor charlie@pittburghcurrent.com UPDATE: United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon approved the modification of the consent order 3/24/21 Although it has fought the implementation of universal COVID…
By Jody DiPerna Pittsburgh Current Senior Contributor jody@pittsburghcurrent.com A preliminary hearing was held yesterday afternoon by videoconference in the case of USA v. George Tanios, filed in Federal Court stemming…
By Charlie Deitch Pittsburgh Current Editor Charlie@pittburghcurrent.com UPDATE: 3/29/2021 On Friday, March 26, President Judge Kimberly Berkeley Clark of the Fifth Judicial District signed an administrative order directing all judges…
By Mary Niederberger Pittsburgh Current Education Writer mary@pittsburghcurrent.com Editor’s Note: This is a developing story and we will update with additional comments and information as it becomes available. Facebook posts…
By Aaron Forbes Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com Xander Orenstein, a nonbinary housing organizer, announced today that they are launching their campaign against long-time incumbent Tony Ceoffe for district magistrate…
By Mary Niederberger Pittsburgh Current Education writer mary@pittsburghcurrent.com The Pittsburgh Public Schools board put a halt to an administrative proposal that would have closed schools and reassigned students over the…
By Mary Niederberger Pittsburgh Current Education Writer Mary@Pittsburghcurrent.com As part of its new strategic plan “Imagine PPS,” and to help reduce a $39.4 million budget deficit, the Pittsburgh Public Schools…