Mike Wereschagin
@wereschagin.bsky.social
Assistant managing editor, data and investigations @post-gazette.com. Co-author, Gone at 3:17, the story of the worst school disaster in U.S. history (http://bit.ly/4lfcKRi). Under water whenever possible.
“It's not the same neighborhood anymore." In Pittsburgh's West End, a contested City Council race for what some call a 'forgotten' district www.post-gazette.com/news/electio... via @post-gazette.com
In Pittsburgh's West End, a contested City Council race for what some call a 'forgotten' district
On the steep Elkton Street in Elliott, weeds rise through the cracks of sidewalks and wrap around the boarded-up windows of abandoned homes.
Annette...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“It's not the same neighborhood anymore." In Pittsburgh's West End, a contested City Council race for what some call a 'forgotten' district www.post-gazette.com/news/electio... via @post-gazette.com
Top lawmakers move to shut down U.S. naval reserve centers — including key Pittsburgh facility www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... via @post-gazette.com
Top lawmakers move to shut down U.S. naval reserve centers — including key Pittsburgh facility
WASHINGTON — In a move that has sparked internal backlash among the nation’s veterans, congressional leaders are threatening to shutdown the...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Top lawmakers move to shut down U.S. naval reserve centers — including key Pittsburgh facility www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... via @post-gazette.com
Penguins’ exclusive rights to redevelop the lower Hill expiring after nearly two decades www.post-gazette.com/business/dev... by @madaleinerubin.bsky.social
Penguins’ exclusive rights to redevelop the lower Hill expiring after nearly two decades
After nearly two decades of stalled plans — and clashing at times with community groups — the Pittsburgh Penguins’ hold over the lower...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Penguins’ exclusive rights to redevelop the lower Hill expiring after nearly two decades www.post-gazette.com/business/dev... by @madaleinerubin.bsky.social
300,000 Pittsburgh-area residents will lose SNAP benefits amid government shutdown www.post-gazette.com/business/mon... via @post-gazette.com
300,000 Pittsburgh-area residents will lose SNAP benefits amid government shutdown
‘It’s a choking of people.”
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October 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
300,000 Pittsburgh-area residents will lose SNAP benefits amid government shutdown www.post-gazette.com/business/mon... via @post-gazette.com
‘Stop playing games’: Pa. budget impasse leads to financial bleeding at school districts www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... via @post-gazette.com
‘Stop playing games’: Pa. budget impasse leads to financial bleeding at school districts
HARRISBURG — Lost interest income in a public school district, officials say, can be thought of as lost opportunity — and right now there is...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
‘Stop playing games’: Pa. budget impasse leads to financial bleeding at school districts www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... via @post-gazette.com
Pa. communities torn over ICE crackdown on immigrants using local officers www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... via @post-gazette.com
Pa. communities torn over ICE crackdown on immigrants using local officers
For U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it was hailed as a critical program that would give local law enforcement agents sweeping powers to stop,...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Pa. communities torn over ICE crackdown on immigrants using local officers www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... via @post-gazette.com
"We get something that’s working, and people are enthused about it … then, poof, gone." Pittsburgh to end co-response program that teams social workers with police officers www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... by @meganguzapg.bsky.social
Pittsburgh to end co-response program that teams social workers with police officers
City leaders are abandoning Pittsburgh’s co-response program, which places a police officer and social worker in the same vehicle to respond to mental...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"We get something that’s working, and people are enthused about it … then, poof, gone." Pittsburgh to end co-response program that teams social workers with police officers www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... by @meganguzapg.bsky.social
Ohio man who left antisemitic flyers in Squirrel Hill guilty of 160 littering violations www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... by @meganguzapg.bsky.social
Ohio man who left antisemitic flyers in Squirrel Hill guilty of 160 littering violations
A district judge on Tuesday found an Ohio man guilty of the more than 150 litter-related charges filed against him in the aftermath of an antisemitic flyer...
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August 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Ohio man who left antisemitic flyers in Squirrel Hill guilty of 160 littering violations www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... by @meganguzapg.bsky.social
"It's a death sentence for these men." Missed inspections, enforcement failures imperil the lives of coal miners post-gazette.com/news/health/... by @michaeldsallah.bsky.social, @cloutierjr.bsky.social, the Medill Investigative Lab and me
Deadly dust: Missed inspections, enforcement failures imperil the lives of coal miners
Deep in the earth's crust, the toxic substance rises in the air as miners drill into massive layers of rock.
As they work the controls of the big machines,...
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August 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"It's a death sentence for these men." Missed inspections, enforcement failures imperil the lives of coal miners post-gazette.com/news/health/... by @michaeldsallah.bsky.social, @cloutierjr.bsky.social, the Medill Investigative Lab and me
The Strip District is preparing for another massive growth spurt www.post-gazette.com/business/dev... by @madaleinerubin.bsky.social
The Strip District is preparing for another massive growth spurt
In the center of the Strip District, a red crane hovers over road closure signs, traffic cones and a four-story building encased in yellow fiberglass —...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Strip District is preparing for another massive growth spurt www.post-gazette.com/business/dev... by @madaleinerubin.bsky.social
Clairton Coke Works employee describes blast that sounded like ‘two trains colliding’ — then silence www.post-gazette.com/business/car... via @post-gazette.com
Clairton Coke Works employee describes blast that sounded like ‘two trains colliding’ — then silence
The first thing Andrew Macey thought about as he arrived at work at the Clairton Coke Works on Tuesday morning were the cars that remained. Two of them...
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August 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Clairton Coke Works employee describes blast that sounded like ‘two trains colliding’ — then silence www.post-gazette.com/business/car... via @post-gazette.com
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Layoffs, property sales, fundraising drives: How public radio, TV stations plan to survive without federal funding
Layoffs, property sales, fundraising drives: How public radio, TV stations plan to survive without federal funding
The passage of a bill that slashed more than $1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting has public radio and TV stations looking at selling...
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August 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Layoffs, property sales, fundraising drives: How public radio, TV stations plan to survive without federal funding
Cryptocurrency firm among dark money donors in race for Pittsburgh mayor www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... via @post-gazette.com
Cryptocurrency firm among dark money donors in race for Pittsburgh mayor
For cryptocurrency investors, the Blockchain Innovation Project promotes itself as a fierce advocate “against the political forces in Washington...
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August 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Cryptocurrency firm among dark money donors in race for Pittsburgh mayor www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... via @post-gazette.com
5,000 miles away, a Pittsburgh seismograph picked up the Pacific earthquake that triggered tsunami warnings www.post-gazette.com/news/environ... by @lpshachnow.bsky.social
5,000 miles away, a Pittsburgh seismograph picked up the Pacific earthquake that triggered tsunami warnings
About 5,000 miles away from one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history, an instrument on the North Side recorded the action.
The seismograph at...
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July 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
5,000 miles away, a Pittsburgh seismograph picked up the Pacific earthquake that triggered tsunami warnings www.post-gazette.com/news/environ... by @lpshachnow.bsky.social
WQED lays off 19 employees following federal funding cuts for public radio www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/... via @post-gazette.com
WQED lays off 19 employees following federal funding cuts for public media
Less than two weeks after Congress passed sweeping spending cuts that targeted public broadcasting, WQED — one of the oldest public television stations...
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July 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
WQED lays off 19 employees following federal funding cuts for public radio www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/... via @post-gazette.com
Pennsylvania Democrats, public push for more Epstein files from the Trump administration, while GOP is on defensive www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... by @benkail.bsky.social
Pennsylvania Democrats, public push for more Epstein files with Trump, while GOP is on defensive
WASHINGTON — Western Pennsylvania Democrats and a majority of voters across the state and country are increasingly pressing the Trump administration...
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July 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Pennsylvania Democrats, public push for more Epstein files from the Trump administration, while GOP is on defensive www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... by @benkail.bsky.social
Washington County coroner alleges he was strong-armed into calling an infant’s 2022 death a homicide because the DA told him "I need it to win an election." www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... by @meganguzapg.bsky.social
Washington County coroner alleges he was strong-armed into calling infant’s 2022 death a homicide
The Washington County coroner says he was strong-armed by District Attorney Jason Walsh into filing a fraudulent death certificate in 2022 indicating a...
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July 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Washington County coroner alleges he was strong-armed into calling an infant’s 2022 death a homicide because the DA told him "I need it to win an election." www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... by @meganguzapg.bsky.social
Thousands of Pittsburghers to see medical debt cleared through American Rescue Plan dollars www.post-gazette.com/news/health/... via @post-gazette.com
Thousands of Pittsburghers to see medical debt cleared through American Rescue Plan dollars
More than 40,000 Pittsburgh residents will soon be informed that their medical debt has been erased courtesy of a program funded by dollars the city received...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thousands of Pittsburghers to see medical debt cleared through American Rescue Plan dollars www.post-gazette.com/news/health/... via @post-gazette.com
After ICE arrested staff at a Mexican restaurant in Marshall, customers came to work in their place www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... via @post-gazette.com
After ICE arrested staff at a Mexican restaurant in Marshall, customers came to work in their place
When news spread that Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents were raiding Tepache, a Mexican restaurant in Marshall, the community was quick to respond.
In...
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July 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
After ICE arrested staff at a Mexican restaurant in Marshall, customers came to work in their place www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... via @post-gazette.com
GOP field begins to emerge in 2026 race for Pennsylvania governor www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... via @post-gazette.com
GOP field begins to emerge in 2026 race for Pennsylvania governor
Influential Republicans believe the perfect candidate to go up against popular Democratic incumbent Gov. Josh Shapiro might be a woman who is a decorated...
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July 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
GOP field begins to emerge in 2026 race for Pennsylvania governor www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... via @post-gazette.com
How dark money flooded the race for Pittsburgh mayor www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... via @post-gazette.com
PG investigation: How dark money flooded the race for Pittsburgh mayor
With just weeks left in a grueling Democratic primary election that could shape Pittsburgh’s future, mayoral challenger Corey O’Connor’s...
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July 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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The House Ethics Committee concluded on Friday that Rep. Mike Kelly — whose wife bought $23,000 worth of stock in a steel company in 2020 — broke ethics rules during insider trading investigation. @benkail.bsky.social & @wereschagin.bsky.social have the details: www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
Butler GOP Rep. Mike Kelly violated code of conduct during insider trading investigation, House Ethics Committee finds
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly violated congressional ethics rules and refused to fully cooperate with an investigation into insider trading by him and his wife,...
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July 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The House Ethics Committee concluded on Friday that Rep. Mike Kelly — whose wife bought $23,000 worth of stock in a steel company in 2020 — broke ethics rules during insider trading investigation. @benkail.bsky.social & @wereschagin.bsky.social have the details: www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
"He thought he was invincible." Former Pa. prosecutor accused in criminal case of targeting political enemies www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... via @post-gazette.com
Rough justice: Former Pa. prosecutor accused in criminal case of targeting political enemies
For years, David Russo wielded unparalleled power from his office in the historic Greene County courthouse amid political battles that would upend the...
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July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"He thought he was invincible." Former Pa. prosecutor accused in criminal case of targeting political enemies www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... via @post-gazette.com
How the Jehovah’s Witnesses sex abuse crisis in Pennsylvania unfolded www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... by @madaleinerubin.bsky.social
How the Jehovah’s Witnesses sex abuse crisis in Pennsylvania unfolded
Long after a young woman stepped forward to say she was raped and beaten by a member of a Jehovah’s Witness congregation, law enforcement agents...
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July 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
How the Jehovah’s Witnesses sex abuse crisis in Pennsylvania unfolded www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-c... by @madaleinerubin.bsky.social
ICE detentions surge across Western Pennsylvania, new data shows www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... via @post-gazette.com
ICE detentions surge across Western Pennsylvania, new data shows
For ICE, the numbers have been mounting.
A restaurant raid in Marshall where 14 people were rounded up recently, their arms shackled to their waists, some...
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July 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
ICE detentions surge across Western Pennsylvania, new data shows www.post-gazette.com/news/politic... via @post-gazette.com