Allegheny County’s tax-hike compromise: How 1 low-key councilman finessed a budget deal
Bob Palmosina watched nervously as his colleagues on Allegheny County Council cast their votes Dec 3. For weeks, Palmosina, a Democrat from Banksville, had worked feverishly to cobble together a workable budget deal. Council and County Executive Sara Innamorato were locked in a stalemate over her proposed $3.1 billion spending...
Biden commutes sentence of controversial Pa. judge in Kids for Cash scandal
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of a former judge in Northeast Pennsylvania who gained notoriety for a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks. That commutation was part of a larger move from Biden, who commuted sentences for about 1,500 people who were released...
4 injured in crash in Findlay as slick road conditions persist in Pittsburgh region
A large crash early Friday morning in Findlay Township left four people hurt. Several vehicles and a bus were involved in a crash around 4:30 a.m. on the Flaugherty Run Road exit ramp to Clinton Road, according to TribLive news partner WTAE. Four people were taken to the hospital. Their...
Minnesota fugitive arrested in East Liberty
A Minnesota man wanted by federal law enforcement officials was apprehended in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood Wednesday, according to the U.S. Marshals. Theodore Jaymes was charged with second degree attempted murder in connection to a shooting on a light rail train in St. Paul, Minn. A woman on that train...
22-car crash in Pittsburgh sends 5 to hospital amid icy road conditions
A massive crash involving 22 vehicles occurred at 6:30 a.m. on the Boulevard of the Allies/Forbes Avenue off ramp coming off of Interstate 376, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials. Five people were transported to hospitals with minor injuries from the crash in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, officials said. A number...
Morning Roundup: 1 injured in Knoxville shooting; McKeesport fire displaces 5
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Dec. 10: 1 injured in Knoxville shooting A man in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood was found early afternoon Tuesday with a gunshot wound to his back. Pittsburgh first responders located the man in his early 20s on the 300...
Morning Roundup: Sinkhole opens up in East Liberty; man charged in stabbing; person flown to hospital following crash
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Dec. 10: Pittsburgh water officials investigate East Liberty sinkhole A large sinkhole was discovered in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood on Monday. TribLive news partner WTAE reports that a 10 feet wide, 4 feet deep sinkhole opened in front...
Frigid temperatures in Pittsburgh area return following rainstorm later this week
A warm-up throughout the Pittsburgh area will transition into frigid conditions with a chance of snow later this week. Temperatures on Tuesday will reach highs in the upper 50s, warming up conditions across the region, but don’t expect that to last long. Rain showers are reported to start Tuesday afternoon...
WESA, WYEP staff ratify 1st union contract
The journalists and content creators at Pittsburgh’s nonprofit radio stations WESA and WYEP finalized their first collective bargaining agreement Thursday. Over two dozen staffers unionized with the SAG-AFTRA labor union two years ago, and, according to a press release, have bargained in good faith with Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting, which operates...
Fetterman says Trump deserves pardon since Hunter Biden got one
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said Thursday while appearing on TV talk show “The View” that recent criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump and Hunter Biden were politically motivated, and that since Biden received a pardon from his father, President Joe Biden, then Trump also deserves one. Fetterman, a Democrat from...
‘Gut punch’: Trump upsets local union leaders by opposing U.S. Steel-Nippon deal
On Monday night, President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to the proposed $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel Co., vowing to block the deal when he takes office. Some steelworkers in Pittsburgh’s Mon Valley who support the deal — and Trump — weren’t happy. “I am...
Allegheny County Council passes compromise budget with 36% property tax hike
Allegheny County Council passed a 36% property tax increase for next year — the first in more than a decade, but lower than what was initially proposed by Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato. Council members supported the property tax increase by a 10-5 vote in a mostly peaceful meeting Tuesday...
Allegheny County councilman pitches compromise property tax hike as time ticks down to pass budget
Allegheny County is in the middle of a property tax feud, and one County Council member hopes his proposal finds middle ground as time runs out to finalize a 2025 budget before the end of the year. Last week, Councilman Dan Grzybek, D-Bethel Park, proposed an amendment that would fall...
Allegheny County Council slashes Innamorato’s budget proposal
Allegheny County Council members presented their plan Tuesday to make over $70 million in cuts to Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato’s budget proposal as a means to lower the proposed property tax increase rate that could hit residents next year. An amendment introduced by Allegheny County Councilman John Palmiere, D-Baldwin,...
Highmark posts $529 million profit in 3rd quarter
One of Pittsburgh’s health giants has continued its turnaround from the pandemic, posting $529 million in profit through the first nine months of 2024. Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health reported its multi-million profit Tuesday. The $529 million mark for the first nine months of this year is just a tick below the...
Spirit Airlines plans normal operations out of Pittsburgh through bankruptcy filing
Passengers at Pittsburgh International Airport can expect Spirit Airlines to operate normally despite the company’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, officials said. Bryan Dietz, senior vice president for air service and commercial development at Pittsburgh International, said that Spirit’s financial situation will not have an immediate impact on its operations....
Pa. halts statewide vote recount after Casey concedes Pa.’s U.S. Senate race
Pennsylvania’s automatic recount has ceased. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt announced Friday morning that a legally mandated recount in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race has been stopped after Democratic incumbent Bob Casey conceded the race Thursday evening. “Following Sen. Casey’s concession announcement yesterday afternoon, his campaign submitted a request to...
Bob Casey concedes to Dave McCormick in Pa. Senate race
Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey has conceded to Republican rival Dave McCormick. The three-term senator announced his concession in a statement shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday. McCormick defeated Casey by more than 16,000 votes in the tightest margin of Casey’s career and one of the most competitive Pennsylvania Senate...
Allegheny Co. judge hears arguments on contested ballots in Senate race
The final vote count in Allegheny County for the general election is nearly finished, but there are a handful of ballots to adjudicate. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge John T. McVay heard arguments in court Thursday from local Republicans and Democrats on how to address about 1,200 provisional ballots that...
Recount begins in McCormick-Casey Senate race
Election workers in Allegheny County on Wednesday joined their counterparts across the state as they launched a legally mandated recount in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race. About 100 workers began processing hundreds of thousands of ballots on scanning machines at a warehouse on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Abigail Gardner, spokeswoman for Allegheny...
SUV driver crashes into building in Bloomfield
A person driving an SUV crashed into an apartment building in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood Tuesday evening, also striking a tree, utility pole and a pedestrian. WTAE reported that Pittsburgh Police were called to the intersection of Baum Boulevard and Liberty Avenue outside the Albion at Morrow Park apartments around 5:30...
Pittsburgh man arrested in connection with Wilkinsburg killing
Allegheny County Police made an arrest Tuesday night in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred in Wilkinsburg this summer. Police arrested Amir Johnson, 24 of Pittsburgh, in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood on Tuesday evening, according to a press release. Johnson is facing multiple charges to include homicide, robbery, and...
Nearly 200 speak at Allegheny County council in support of proposed tax increase to fund programs
A large group of residents, community group leaders, and service providers filled Allegheny County Council chambers Tuesday night to speak in support of a proposed tax increase to fund county government. TribLive newspartner WTAE reports that about 200 people spoke Tuesday night during the council meeting, nearly all in support...
First snow of season likely in Southwest Pa. this week
Pittsburgh’s winter weather is making a preview this week, as the Southwestern Pennsylvania region is likely to see some snow within the next 48 hours. Meteorologists at TribLive newspartner WTAE report that rain showers will hit Wednesday afternoon and will be scattered throughout the area. Wednesday will be warm during...
Allegheny County elections board finalizes provisional ballots
Allegheny County will finish this week counting its ballots from the Nov. 5 election, completing a weekslong process that has taken place amid legal challenges and on the heels of an automatic recount in Pennsylvania’s race for a U.S. Senate seat. About 725,000 total ballots were cast in Allegheny County....
