Jurors Continue To Deliberate In Leon Ford Civil Rights Case
A jury did not reach a verdict in Leon Ford’s federal case against two Pittsburgh police officers Wednesday and will return for more deliberations Thursday. Ford is suing officers David Derbish and...
View ArticleTim Murphy's Open Congressional Seat Is Already Highly Contested
It’s been less than a week since U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Upper St. Clair) announced he’s resigning from Congress , and already three Republican state lawmakers have declared they will run for his seat....
View ArticleJury Clears One Pittsburgh Officer, Deadlocks On Other In Leon Ford Shooting...
UPDATED: 5:31 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 A jury Tuesday cleared one Pittsburgh police officer and deadlocked on charges against a second in a civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who was paralyzed when...
View ArticleMurphy’s District Prepares For Special Election, Starting A ‘Busy Year’ For...
This week is Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy’s last in Congress. The embattled politician is resigning with one year left in his term , meaning Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District must hold a...
View ArticleNew Report Finds Nearly Half Of Pennsylvania Children Had Traumatic...
Nearly half of children in Pennsylvania had at least one adverse childhood experience, or ACE, according to a a new study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. More than one in five had at least two...
View ArticleNo More Prisons: An Alternative To Criminal Justice Reform?
I ssues such as police use of force and mass incarceration have long fueled calls for criminal justice reform. But some have proposed going a step further by abolishing prisons altogether. In his book...
View ArticleBlack Girls, Who Often Have History Of Trauma, Are 11 Times More Likely To...
Black girls in the Pittsburgh region are 11 times more likely than white girls to have contact with the juvenile justice system, according to a 2016 study, Inequities Affecting Black Girls in...
View ArticleNewcomer Looks To Unseat 24-Year Incumbent In District Judge Race
For the first time in 24 years, Ron Costa, Sr., will face an opponent in the Nov. 7 election for magisterial district judge. Attorney Mik Pappas is running to unseat him in Pennsylvania’s 31st...
View ArticleCandidates Vie For Only Contested City Council Seat In District Hit Hard By...
*UPDATED Nov. 3, 2017 at 12:32 p.m. Pittsburgh's only contested city council race this year pits Democrat Anthony Coghill against Republican Cletus Cibrone-Abate for the District 4 seat.
View ArticleWhat To Know About Pennsylvania's Court System And The 2017 Judicial Races
Across Pennsylvania Tuesday, voters will choose judges and justices in a total of 370 races at all levels of the state court system. Many voters find it challenging to choose which judicial candidates...
View ArticleGOP Nominates State Rep. Rick Saccone To Replace Former Congressman Tim Murphy
State Rep. Rick Saccone (R-Elizabeth), 59, will be the GOP’s nominee in the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District. He won the nomination...
View ArticleHousing Opportunity Fund Is Almost A Year Old, And Council Is Still Figuring...
Pittsburgh City Council is still searching for a way to pay for a fund it established last December to expand the supply of affordable housing for low and moderate-income residents.
View ArticleDemocrats Choose Former Prosecutor Conor Lamb To Replace Murphy In Special...
Democrats have chosen former federal prosecutor Conor Lamb (D-Mt. Lebanon) to run in the March 13 special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District.
View ArticleRacial Slurs Have No Place In High School Athletics, Students Say. So Why...
Brandon Sears, 15, started playing soccer for Pittsburgh’s Obama Academy this fall. It didn’t take long for an opposing player to call him the n-word.
View ArticleHalf Of The Federal District Court Judgeships Affecting Pittsburgh Are Vacant
The number of vacancies on the federal trial court in the Western District of Pennsylvania grew to five Friday, when U.S. District Court Judge David Cercone entered senior status . The court is...
View ArticlePittsburgh Grand Jury Indicts Chinese Actors For Cyber Theft Against Siemens,...
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted three Chinese individuals Monday for stealing internal communications, passwords, trade secrets and other data from Moody’s Analytics, Siemens AG and GPS...
View ArticleCampaign Seeks To Fight The Stigma Of Addiction Through Community Conversations
A series of community discussions and an interactive website featuring the stories of the opioid crisis will launch in Pennsylvania next year as part of a campaign to reduce the stigma associated with...
View ArticlePittsburgh To Defend Paid Sick Time Law At State’s Highest Court
The city of Pittsburgh is preparing to defend two laws that would impact local workers – one requiring private employers to offer paid sick leave, and another creating new training requirements for...
View ArticleKevin Acklin To Resign As Peduto's Chief Of Staff
UPDATED: 4: 27 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. Kevin Acklin, Chief of Staff to Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, is stepping down in January. In a letter to Peduto dated Dec. 7, Acklin called the position “a...
View ArticleLawmakers Consider Letting Families Use Courts To Get Addicts Into Treatment
As part of the effort to fight opioid addiction, Pennsylvania state Sen. Jay Costa (D - Forest Hills) has proposed a bill that would allow courts to send people to substance abuse treatment at the...
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