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...

Tomorrow is Election Day! If you're planning to vote in person, polls are open tomorrow from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. And, as always, if you have any issue voting, you can call the Election Protection Hotline for help.

Pittsburgh added 4,708 residents between 2020 and 2024, the largest numeric increase of any Pennsylvania municipality during that stretch. I repeat, the most new residents of any city in PA! www.axios.com/local/pittsb...

I'm just so happy about this. Happy for our city.

Pittsburgh’s population rose by about 1% in 2024 going from 304,766 in 2023 to 307,668 in 2024, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

This is the second straight year that Pittsburgh’s had a population uptick. But this year’s gains were greater — adding about 2,902 residents.

From day one, we kept our promise to the Trump administration: If you come for our rights, you'll have to get through us.

What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:

“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."

[applause] 🙏🏼

Due process is guaranteed to every person. It is really not more complicated than that.

"We call on the judiciary, bar associations, law firms, and individual lawyers to speak out against this dangerous assault on the legal profession and the rule of law."

This will directly affect the future, & the present, of Pennsylvania & the country. Jonas Salk invented the Polio vaccine at Pitt. Pitt helped unlock DNA & pioneered organ transplants. Musk is offering a future where Americans are poorer, sicker, & less free. One word: NO
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate

Kendrick: actually

if i text you this just know you’re cooked

Here are the 25 institutions that receive the most NIH funding (98% of HHS is NIH). Basically, they're large schools with large hospitals. They receive 50% of all NIH funding.

Source: ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/fede... (table 26)

(Not going to do a whole thread but thought folks might be interested.)

Heartbreaking story about one of the children killed in the Nashville school shooting, who came here as part of a family group seeking asylum during the Obama years. They had found safety, and now, heartbreak.

PEN America responds to action taken today by the Department of Education dismissing complaints about book bans and referring to them as a “hoax”:

"All students deserve to see themselves and the world around them reflected in the books shelved within their public schools.“ pen.org/press-releas...

"As the General Assembly reconvenes in January, it is critically important that legislators from both sides of the aisle come together to advance this legislation and therefore deliver what all their constituents so clearly want: a more convenient way to participate in our democracy."

On Friday, Christopher Briem, a regional economist, wrote an analysis about how the failure of Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel reminds us that Pittsburgh’s steel communities still struggle with their past.