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Allegheny's paid parental leave plan is political and personal
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (1472+ words) Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato didn’t want to announce her pregnancy right away. She turned 40 this year, which makes her pregnancy higher risk. She didn’t experience morning sickness but she was tired during the first trimester. Between big events at…...
Pa. fines Shell $15 million for air pollution from its Beaver County plastics plant
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (513+ words) The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined Shell $15 million for air quality violations at its Monaca, Pa. plastics plant. The agency says between 2023 and August 2026, Shell’s plant, called an ethane cracker, exceeded limits on visible emissions set by its…...
What Shapiro’s new data center order does — and doesn’t — force developers to do
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1334+ words) HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro recently signed an executive order setting much stricter environmental and transparency standards for new data center developments in Pennsylvania. The order is sweeping. And the many things it does — and doesn’t — do to existing and future…...
Childcare’s high cost, low supply pushes Pittsburgh families to get creative
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1324+ words) Terri Kaluhiokalani, an accountant living in Beechview, found daycare for her child, then later preschool — but not without a lot of trying. “It did take about seven or eight months to find that place,” she said, referring to the daycare....
Shapiro shifts course on data centers as governor campaign ramps up
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1012+ words) The backlash to the massive server warehouses is enveloping races for governor in some of the nation’s biggest states and presidential battlegrounds. On Tuesday, Shapiro, a Democrat, said his administration would no longer put data center projects at the head…...
Decision on charges in Daphy Michel’s death, after release by ICE, in DA’s hands
3+ week, 4+ day ago (528+ words) The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has finished its probe of the death of a Haitian woman held briefly by ICE and released in late February, the bureau told Pittsburgh’s Public Source today. “Homicide detectives have explored all of the available…...
Court: Allegheny County must reassess property, changing tax bills by 2032
3+ week, 6+ day ago (702+ words) Tax bills on properties in Allegheny County — many of which have been frozen since 2013 — will be reevaluated in the coming few years and could dramatically change in 2032, following a judge’s ruling issued Monday. Counties set assessments on all taxable properties,…...