Charlie Wolfson
@chwolfson.bsky.social
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County government reporter, PublicSource.org | Interested in local government, elections, baseball, Pittsburgh
News: Corey O'Connor has chosen Jason Lando, longtime Pittsburgh police officer and commander, to be the next chief of police.
Lando was Zone 5 commander and led response to 2018 synagogue shooting. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-p...
Lando was Zone 5 commander and led response to 2018 synagogue shooting. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-p...
O’Connor taps former commander as Pittsburgh police chief
Mayor-elect Corey O’Connor taps former Zone 5 commander to lead the Pittsburgh police force. Jason Lando led the response to the 2018 synagogue shooting.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
News: Corey O'Connor has chosen Jason Lando, longtime Pittsburgh police officer and commander, to be the next chief of police.
Lando was Zone 5 commander and led response to 2018 synagogue shooting. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-p...
Lando was Zone 5 commander and led response to 2018 synagogue shooting. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-p...
Happy Monday everyone. A brief thread on the election maps we published last week, now that the dust has settled some more... 🗺️🧵
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Happy Monday everyone. A brief thread on the election maps we published last week, now that the dust has settled some more... 🗺️🧵
🗺️ 2025 ELECTION MAPS 🗺️
We've got four maps that help show what happened in Allegheny County this election.
129 of 130 municipalities shifted left compared to 2024 (with much lower turnout of course)
O'Connor swept EVERY Pittsburgh precinct
More: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-2...
We've got four maps that help show what happened in Allegheny County this election.
129 of 130 municipalities shifted left compared to 2024 (with much lower turnout of course)
O'Connor swept EVERY Pittsburgh precinct
More: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-2...
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🗺️ 2025 ELECTION MAPS 🗺️
We've got four maps that help show what happened in Allegheny County this election.
129 of 130 municipalities shifted left compared to 2024 (with much lower turnout of course)
O'Connor swept EVERY Pittsburgh precinct
More: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-2...
We've got four maps that help show what happened in Allegheny County this election.
129 of 130 municipalities shifted left compared to 2024 (with much lower turnout of course)
O'Connor swept EVERY Pittsburgh precinct
More: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-2...
An East Deer commission seat is TIED, and there is also one (!) write-in vote. Provisional ballots are not yet counted but wow.
If you are the person who cast the write-in vote please contact me
If you are the person who cast the write-in vote please contact me
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
An East Deer commission seat is TIED, and there is also one (!) write-in vote. Provisional ballots are not yet counted but wow.
If you are the person who cast the write-in vote please contact me
If you are the person who cast the write-in vote please contact me
Dems swept Pittsburgh City Council races and Allegheny County Council races. County Council at-large, between a Republican and an independent, is still too close to call www.publicsource.org/live-electio...
Live election results: Pittsburgh mayoral election, Pa. Supreme Court retention
Follow live election results for Pittsburgh mayor, City Council, Allegheny County Council, sheriff and Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Dems swept Pittsburgh City Council races and Allegheny County Council races. County Council at-large, between a Republican and an independent, is still too close to call www.publicsource.org/live-electio...
Turning to some of Allegheny County's hundreds of local elections tonight, some of which will invariably come down to a tiny handful of votes
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Turning to some of Allegheny County's hundreds of local elections tonight, some of which will invariably come down to a tiny handful of votes
All three Pa. Supreme Court justices won retention. Democratic candidates for two open seats are leading but it's too early to call. Follow along here: www.publicsource.org/live-electio...
Live election results: Pittsburgh mayoral election, Pa. Supreme Court retention
Follow live election results for Pittsburgh mayor, City Council, Allegheny County Council, sheriff and Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
All three Pa. Supreme Court justices won retention. Democratic candidates for two open seats are leading but it's too early to call. Follow along here: www.publicsource.org/live-electio...
Breaking: Corey O'Connor elected Pittsburgh mayor, winning father's office and Gainey's problems www.publicsource.org/oconnor-elec...
AP: O’Connor elected Pittsburgh mayor, winning father’s office and Gainey’s problems
Corey O’Connor will be Pittsburgh’s 62nd mayor, following his father’s legacy and inheriting challenges from Mayor Gainey’s administration.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Breaking: Corey O'Connor elected Pittsburgh mayor, winning father's office and Gainey's problems www.publicsource.org/oconnor-elec...
Bookmark this page: Live election results and calls from the AP, for Pittsburgh mayor and Pennsylvania judicial elections. www.publicsource.org/live-electio...
Live election results: Pittsburgh mayoral election, Pa. Supreme Court retention
Follow live election results for Pittsburgh mayor, City Council, Allegheny County Council, sheriff and Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Bookmark this page: Live election results and calls from the AP, for Pittsburgh mayor and Pennsylvania judicial elections. www.publicsource.org/live-electio...
Pittsburgh's mayoral election is in four days, Corey O'Connor (D) vs. Tony Moreno (R). Here's how the 2021 election went, when Mayor Gainey defeated Moreno. datawrapper.de/_/zrKvH/
How Pittsburgh wards voted in the 2021 mayoral General Election | Created with Datawrapper
Democrat Ed Gainey defeated Republican Tony Moreno, receiving 71% of the vote.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Pittsburgh's mayoral election is in four days, Corey O'Connor (D) vs. Tony Moreno (R). Here's how the 2021 election went, when Mayor Gainey defeated Moreno. datawrapper.de/_/zrKvH/
County Exec Innamorato today proposed a 2026 budget with no tax increase, but said her decision to seek one last year was the right one. With some pointed words for her critics:
October 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
County Exec Innamorato today proposed a 2026 budget with no tax increase, but said her decision to seek one last year was the right one. With some pointed words for her critics:
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In the '90s, being a 20-something in Pittsburgh often involved homeownership. Now? More like mid-to-late 30s. @chwolfson.bsky.social analyzes the shift and its implications www.publicsource.org/homeowner-ch...
'A really steep lift': Pittsburghers in their 20s and 30s find homeownership less and less attainable
Student debt, rising costs, aging homes and corporate buyers are making it harder for young adults to buy a home in Pittsburgh.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
In the '90s, being a 20-something in Pittsburgh often involved homeownership. Now? More like mid-to-late 30s. @chwolfson.bsky.social analyzes the shift and its implications www.publicsource.org/homeowner-ch...
New: U.S. Rep. Summer Lee said the federal gov't "may be barreling toward a shutdown" at an event this morning as Allegheny County budget director said Trump's budget proposal would be "catastrophic" to county operations www.publicsource.org/summer-lee-i...
Lee, Innamorato aim to ‘fight back’ on Trump budget plan as Congress debates
The Pittsburgh-area Democrats say a plan moving through Republican-led Congress would hamstring programs meant to address hunger, housing needs, infrastructure and more.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New: U.S. Rep. Summer Lee said the federal gov't "may be barreling toward a shutdown" at an event this morning as Allegheny County budget director said Trump's budget proposal would be "catastrophic" to county operations www.publicsource.org/summer-lee-i...
Allegheny County has announced its ballot return and satellite vote locations for the Nov. 4 elections.
Four satellite voting locations open weekend of Oct. 25-26, and nine ballot return sites open Oct 31 and Nov. 1-3. Details:
Four satellite voting locations open weekend of Oct. 25-26, and nine ballot return sites open Oct 31 and Nov. 1-3. Details:
September 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Allegheny County has announced its ballot return and satellite vote locations for the Nov. 4 elections.
Four satellite voting locations open weekend of Oct. 25-26, and nine ballot return sites open Oct 31 and Nov. 1-3. Details:
Four satellite voting locations open weekend of Oct. 25-26, and nine ballot return sites open Oct 31 and Nov. 1-3. Details:
Another thing from today's Census ACS release: The level of remote work may have steadied after a post-2021 decline.
In the U.S., they estimate 18% of workers worked from home in 2021, 15% in 2022 and 13% each of 2023-24.
In Allegheny County it was 26% in 2021, 21% in 2022, and 18% in 2023-24.
In the U.S., they estimate 18% of workers worked from home in 2021, 15% in 2022 and 13% each of 2023-24.
In Allegheny County it was 26% in 2021, 21% in 2022, and 18% in 2023-24.
September 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Another thing from today's Census ACS release: The level of remote work may have steadied after a post-2021 decline.
In the U.S., they estimate 18% of workers worked from home in 2021, 15% in 2022 and 13% each of 2023-24.
In Allegheny County it was 26% in 2021, 21% in 2022, and 18% in 2023-24.
In the U.S., they estimate 18% of workers worked from home in 2021, 15% in 2022 and 13% each of 2023-24.
In Allegheny County it was 26% in 2021, 21% in 2022, and 18% in 2023-24.
Today's absurd Pittsburgh fact brought to you by today's U.S. Census ACS release: 47% of Pittsburgh housing units were built prior to 1940. In the United States overall, that number is 12%.
September 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today's absurd Pittsburgh fact brought to you by today's U.S. Census ACS release: 47% of Pittsburgh housing units were built prior to 1940. In the United States overall, that number is 12%.
New: Here's what SNAP recipients in Pennsylvania need to do to avoid losing their food assistance under new federal rules. www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...
How to keep your SNAP benefits under new federal rules
Thousands in Allegheny County may lose supplemental nutrition assistance under federal requirements. Learn the rules and key factors for keeping benefits.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New: Here's what SNAP recipients in Pennsylvania need to do to avoid losing their food assistance under new federal rules. www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...
I’m looking to talk to people in the Pittsburgh area who would like to own a home but for whatever reason are not able to. Get in touch here: t.co/UfVfy41Pax
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August 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’m looking to talk to people in the Pittsburgh area who would like to own a home but for whatever reason are not able to. Get in touch here: t.co/UfVfy41Pax
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Once there was hope that the Allegheny County Jail would no longer need to house 2,000 people, or roughly 1 in 600 residents. There was also a $700K contract to reimagine the jail. 3 years later? @chwolfson.bsky.social found ... www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...
Why is Allegheny County Jail getting more crowded?
Allegheny County agreed to pay $700k for a plan to downsize its jail in Pittsburgh, but the jail’s population is growing for the first time in more than a decade.
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August 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Once there was hope that the Allegheny County Jail would no longer need to house 2,000 people, or roughly 1 in 600 residents. There was also a $700K contract to reimagine the jail. 3 years later? @chwolfson.bsky.social found ... www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...
New: The Allegheny County Jail has been getting more crowded since the end of 2022, reversing a longtime shrinking trend that had accelerated during the pandemic. There are 40% more detainees now than on 1/1/2023. We looked into why: www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...
August 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
New: The Allegheny County Jail has been getting more crowded since the end of 2022, reversing a longtime shrinking trend that had accelerated during the pandemic. There are 40% more detainees now than on 1/1/2023. We looked into why: www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...
New: The head of Pittsburgh's independent police review board publicly criticized Mayor Gainey's administration last night — "This administration has not been transparent, they have not been cooperative" www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-p...
Pittsburgh's police review board head says Gainey administration 'has not been transparent'
A lack of cooperation and transparency fuels new complaints from the Citizen Police Review Board amid efforts to investigate a rough arrest.
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July 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New: The head of Pittsburgh's independent police review board publicly criticized Mayor Gainey's administration last night — "This administration has not been transparent, they have not been cooperative" www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-p...
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The $1 billion Medicaid cut will affect millions of Americans - maybe you, maybe someone you love. @chwolfson.bsky.social outlines what we know, and what's tbd, in the wake of "One Big, Beautiful Bill" www.publicsource.org/trump-big-bi...
Trump's 'big' bill puts Medicaid on the chopping block. Here's what that means in Pittsburgh.
Trump's "big" bill puts Medicaid on the chopping block. From work requirements to loss of coverage, here are Pittsbughers' concerns.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The $1 billion Medicaid cut will affect millions of Americans - maybe you, maybe someone you love. @chwolfson.bsky.social outlines what we know, and what's tbd, in the wake of "One Big, Beautiful Bill" www.publicsource.org/trump-big-bi...
New: Hear from Pittsburghers who fear dire consequences of the Medicaid cuts in Trump's 'big, beautiful bill.' www.publicsource.org/trump-big-bi...
Trump's 'big' bill puts Medicaid on the chopping block. Here's what that means in Pittsburgh.
Trump's "big" bill puts Medicaid on the chopping block. From work requirements to loss of coverage, here are Pittsbughers' concerns.
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July 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New: Hear from Pittsburghers who fear dire consequences of the Medicaid cuts in Trump's 'big, beautiful bill.' www.publicsource.org/trump-big-bi...
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Do you rely on Medicaid? @publicsource.org wants to know how proposed cuts could impact you & yours as Congress considers reducing the program. Email local gov't reporter @chwolfson.bsky.social (charlie[at]publicsource[dot]org) or fill out our easy form here: www.publicsource.org/tell-us-how-...
Tell us: How could Medicaid cuts affect you and your family?
Medicaid cuts could affect thousands of Allegheny County residents. Share your perspective on how these cuts may impact you.
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July 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Do you rely on Medicaid? @publicsource.org wants to know how proposed cuts could impact you & yours as Congress considers reducing the program. Email local gov't reporter @chwolfson.bsky.social (charlie[at]publicsource[dot]org) or fill out our easy form here: www.publicsource.org/tell-us-how-...
Pittsburgh's housing authority will begin using AI to process voucher applications. Addressing concerns, the authority's director said "The AI will not be in charge" www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-h...
Pittsburgh housing authority recruits AI to help with application backlogs
Artificial intelligence will soon process application backlogs in the recertification of affordable housing vouchers at the Pittsburgh agency.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Pittsburgh's housing authority will begin using AI to process voucher applications. Addressing concerns, the authority's director said "The AI will not be in charge" www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-h...