It's not about good Airbnbs and bad Airbnbs. It's about fewer Airbnbs, period.
The short-term rental bill before City Council is a solid bill. All the same, I'm going to be advocating alongside others for the strongest possible restrictions on short-term rentals in our neighborhoods.
The short-term rental bill before City Council is a solid bill. All the same, I'm going to be advocating alongside others for the strongest possible restrictions on short-term rentals in our neighborhoods.
Housing advocates, hosts split on bill to regulate short-term rentals in Pittsburgh
New short-term rental regulations may be on the way. However, some have varying opinions on how this should be executed.
www.publicsource.org
August 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It's not about good Airbnbs and bad Airbnbs. It's about fewer Airbnbs, period.
The short-term rental bill before City Council is a solid bill. All the same, I'm going to be advocating alongside others for the strongest possible restrictions on short-term rentals in our neighborhoods.
The short-term rental bill before City Council is a solid bill. All the same, I'm going to be advocating alongside others for the strongest possible restrictions on short-term rentals in our neighborhoods.
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Riparian Management bought up most of Wylie Holdings' massive portfolio of Lawrenceville real estate — then basically ghosted their new tenants and kicked many of them out of their homes. My latest (Pt. 1 of 2)
East End tenants accuse Riparian Management of hostility and greed
Riparian Management's tenants say they’ve faced utility problems, poor communication, and sudden notices to vacate.
www.pghcitypaper.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Riparian Management bought up most of Wylie Holdings' massive portfolio of Lawrenceville real estate — then basically ghosted their new tenants and kicked many of them out of their homes. My latest (Pt. 1 of 2)
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A video posted to Instagram purports to show an Allegheny County Jail employee holding a weapon and saying a racial slur:
ACJ in hot water after an alleged guard posts racist, violent video
The video drew immediate condemnation and calls for reform.
www.pghcitypaper.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A video posted to Instagram purports to show an Allegheny County Jail employee holding a weapon and saying a racial slur:
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I stg if I catch you donating to an out of state democrat instead of becoming a sustaining member of your local npr affiliate…
July 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I stg if I catch you donating to an out of state democrat instead of becoming a sustaining member of your local npr affiliate…
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On the bright side, these cuts have paid for about one-third of one day's worth of interest payments on the federal debt.
We've done our part!
We've done our part!
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have passed legislation on a narrow, party-line basis to eliminate all federal funding for public broadcasting for the next two years. That's $1.1 billion previously approved by the Republican-led Congress and President Trump.
How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era
"It will test every single shred of creativity we have to continue to try to serve our mission," says one public media executive, as Congress ends federal funding for public broadcasting.
www.wesa.fm
July 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
On the bright side, these cuts have paid for about one-third of one day's worth of interest payments on the federal debt.
We've done our part!
We've done our part!
This is a cool bill that could become a Very Cool bill if some changes are made. Down with Airbnbs.
Pittsburgh councilwoman wants to crack down on Airbnb, Vrbo rentals
Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Deb Gross on Tuesday introduced legislation that would create new regulations for short-term rentals, like those through Airbnb or Vrbo. The bill would permit short-term r...
triblive.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is a cool bill that could become a Very Cool bill if some changes are made. Down with Airbnbs.
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Some more positive local news. City Council is due to vote on the bill tomorrow:
An ordinance decriminalizing sex work is headed to Pittsburgh City Council
Sex workers and LGBTQ groups say the legislation is critical. Council will vote July 8.
www.pghcitypaper.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Some more positive local news. City Council is due to vote on the bill tomorrow:
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Absolutely incredible graphic from 1880 tracing the history of political parties in the United States.
July 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Absolutely incredible graphic from 1880 tracing the history of political parties in the United States.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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found a beautiful mayfly molt on my porch. molting is an energy-intensive effort on animals from insects to birds, so I'm glad little guy was able to find a safe spot here.
July 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
found a beautiful mayfly molt on my porch. molting is an energy-intensive effort on animals from insects to birds, so I'm glad little guy was able to find a safe spot here.
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"Traffic statistics [from] June 2021 showed 54% of drivers exceeded the speed limit of 25 miles an hour with a high speed of 51 miles an hour. The city recorded six crashes involving pedestrians at this intersection from 2020 to 2024." Now calming is coming: www.unionprogress.com/2025/07/01/p...
Pittsburgh takes steps to slow Federal Street traffic on the North Side - Pittsburgh Union Progress
A block of Federal Street in the Central North Side is the latest Pittsburgh street to get traffic calming measures and safety improvements. City crews began work Monday to install new ADA ramps in th...
www.unionprogress.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"Traffic statistics [from] June 2021 showed 54% of drivers exceeded the speed limit of 25 miles an hour with a high speed of 51 miles an hour. The city recorded six crashes involving pedestrians at this intersection from 2020 to 2024." Now calming is coming: www.unionprogress.com/2025/07/01/p...
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Someone remind UPMC that Trans rights are Human rights.
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social @tanishaevonne.bsky.social
@gaineyformayor.com
@barb4pgh.bsky.social @themariamontano.bsky.social @cmroma.bsky.social @hanrahanrahanra.bsky.social
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social @tanishaevonne.bsky.social
@gaineyformayor.com
@barb4pgh.bsky.social @themariamontano.bsky.social @cmroma.bsky.social @hanrahanrahanra.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Someone remind UPMC that Trans rights are Human rights.
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social @tanishaevonne.bsky.social
@gaineyformayor.com
@barb4pgh.bsky.social @themariamontano.bsky.social @cmroma.bsky.social @hanrahanrahanra.bsky.social
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social @tanishaevonne.bsky.social
@gaineyformayor.com
@barb4pgh.bsky.social @themariamontano.bsky.social @cmroma.bsky.social @hanrahanrahanra.bsky.social
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Stand with me and my community today. 3 PM at UPMC headquarters to demand that UPMC reinstate the life saving care we need.
June 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Stand with me and my community today. 3 PM at UPMC headquarters to demand that UPMC reinstate the life saving care we need.
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UPMC is winding down gender-affirming care for young trans patients this month, citing “federal directives.”
Now, more than 100 UPMC doctors, therapists and staff are demanding the health system reverse course and use its “immense resources” to “fight back.”
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
Now, more than 100 UPMC doctors, therapists and staff are demanding the health system reverse course and use its “immense resources” to “fight back.”
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
Therapists, doctors urge UPMC to ‘fight back,’ reinstate gender-affirming care for trans youth
In an open letter to UPMC administrators, physicians, therapists, nurses and specialists call on the health system to continue to provide gender-affirming care services for young patients. Providers t...
www.wesa.fm
June 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
UPMC is winding down gender-affirming care for young trans patients this month, citing “federal directives.”
Now, more than 100 UPMC doctors, therapists and staff are demanding the health system reverse course and use its “immense resources” to “fight back.”
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
Now, more than 100 UPMC doctors, therapists and staff are demanding the health system reverse course and use its “immense resources” to “fight back.”
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
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June 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
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Biden's infrastructure bill provided the money, and the city of Pittsburgh hustled to get it allocated and used. My street's 110-year-old water main is replaced, our lead water lines are replaced, and the spot in the sidewalk they had to dig up for each new waterline was done today!
June 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Biden's infrastructure bill provided the money, and the city of Pittsburgh hustled to get it allocated and used. My street's 110-year-old water main is replaced, our lead water lines are replaced, and the spot in the sidewalk they had to dig up for each new waterline was done today!
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Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
n.pr
June 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
"Of the single adults who have been housed through the program, 98% have not returned to the homeless system. All of the families have remained housed."
Allegheny County officials say hundreds have been housed one year into ‘500 in 500’
A year in, 396 people have moved into 276 units of housing, Allegheny County officials said. Families account for about 75 of those who have been housed.
www.wesa.fm
June 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Of the single adults who have been housed through the program, 98% have not returned to the homeless system. All of the families have remained housed."
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Our goals are to stop deaths & improve conditions in the Allegheny County Jail. “No one warden is going to do that, but I have been pleasantly surprised at the gains we’ve made.” A responsive warden engaging the community is progress. @tanishaevonne.bsky.social community.triblive.com/news/3807776
Allegheny County Jail's new warden draws praise, even from the lockup's fiercest critics
community.triblive.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Our goals are to stop deaths & improve conditions in the Allegheny County Jail. “No one warden is going to do that, but I have been pleasantly surprised at the gains we’ve made.” A responsive warden engaging the community is progress. @tanishaevonne.bsky.social community.triblive.com/news/3807776
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🗺️ New election maps 🗺️
How O'Connor beat Gainey for Pittsburgh mayor
Gainey's support in the vote-heavy 14th Ward cratered, and O'Connor swept up most of the votes that went to 3rd-place candidate last time. More: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-m...
How O'Connor beat Gainey for Pittsburgh mayor
Gainey's support in the vote-heavy 14th Ward cratered, and O'Connor swept up most of the votes that went to 3rd-place candidate last time. More: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-m...
May 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🗺️ New election maps 🗺️
How O'Connor beat Gainey for Pittsburgh mayor
Gainey's support in the vote-heavy 14th Ward cratered, and O'Connor swept up most of the votes that went to 3rd-place candidate last time. More: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-m...
How O'Connor beat Gainey for Pittsburgh mayor
Gainey's support in the vote-heavy 14th Ward cratered, and O'Connor swept up most of the votes that went to 3rd-place candidate last time. More: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-m...
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JUST IN: Pittsburgh voters have approved a ballot that bans the city from privatizing the local water and sewers system.
The measure passed by a very large margin.
This was one of my guide of the main races to watch today: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
The measure passed by a very large margin.
This was one of my guide of the main races to watch today: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
May 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
JUST IN: Pittsburgh voters have approved a ballot that bans the city from privatizing the local water and sewers system.
The measure passed by a very large margin.
This was one of my guide of the main races to watch today: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
The measure passed by a very large margin.
This was one of my guide of the main races to watch today: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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From the PA State Data Center on new municipal population estimates out this morning.
As always, a tale of two (sides of) Pennsylvania(s).
Ref: pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/sites/defaul...
As always, a tale of two (sides of) Pennsylvania(s).
Ref: pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/sites/defaul...
May 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
From the PA State Data Center on new municipal population estimates out this morning.
As always, a tale of two (sides of) Pennsylvania(s).
Ref: pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/sites/defaul...
As always, a tale of two (sides of) Pennsylvania(s).
Ref: pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/sites/defaul...
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Encampments along the South Side Riverfront Trail and near Second Avenue Commons are being cleared. Winter shelters are closed. Beds are full. A look at homelessness in spring 2025 www.publicsource.org/unhoused-she...
Emergency housing options dwindle with shelter closure
Unhoused people in Pittsburgh face narrowing housing options as Allegheny County closes a winter homeless shelter amid encampment clearings in the city.
www.publicsource.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Encampments along the South Side Riverfront Trail and near Second Avenue Commons are being cleared. Winter shelters are closed. Beds are full. A look at homelessness in spring 2025 www.publicsource.org/unhoused-she...