Here are the Pittsburgh Public Schools that are slated to close after the board approved the consolidation plan last night:

New: Springdale Borough leaders said in April that a critic of the borough's ICE agreement was forcefully arrested at a council meeting for exceeding his allotted three minutes of speaking time. New video shows he only spoke for 2:20 before being tackled. www.publicsource.org/video-spring...

News: Allegheny County Council elected Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis, a Democrat and environmental advocate from Plum, as its president. Pat Catena had stepped down as president last week. www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...

It seemed downright Shakespearean: Allegheny County Council's president, on the cusp of a state role, took one misstep and tumbled. @chwolfson.bsky.social reveals that there was more to it than an ill-conceived mailer www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...

Pat Catena is County Council prez and had county party's endorsement. “That just doesn’t work anymore. People just don’t care. You need to give them a vision of how you want to improve their lives.” @tomduerrpa.bsky.social On Bloam's rout of Catena last night www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...

General election matchups are almost* set. See who's running in the November general election for state House and Senate seats in Allegheny County *write-in candidacies from yesterday could result in some more Republican nominees www.publicsource.org/election-202...

AP race call: Congresswoman Summer Lee wins the Democratic primary in Pittsburgh-based CD-12. She will face James Hayes in November as she seeks a third term in Washington. www.publicsource.org/live-electio...

Allegheny County mail-in votes are published. CD-12 Democratic Summer Lee 27,714 (80.1%) Will Parker 5,884 (19.9%) CD-17 Republican Jesse James Vodvarka 4,701 (63%) Tony Guy 2,698 (37%) Live: www.publicsource.org/live-electio...

Does Will Parker repeat his 2023 feat of carrying the borough of Haysville? Tune in at 8 p.m. tonight to find out

Bookmark for later: Live results for contested primaries in Allegheny County and across PA. Plus AP race calls as they happen. www.publicsource.org/live-electio...

News: Census Bureau estimates say Pittsburgh continued its modest 2020s growth from July 2024 to July 2025, adding 913 that year for a total of 307,632. That's 4,773 higher than the 2020 estimate. Big news considering many feared the city would drop under 300,000 in the decade.

🌊 Pittsburgh Pool News O'Connor administration announces the pools will have chairs and loungers (pictured) for the first time ... and they say opening day for pools is June 15

Wondering what it's like Downtown right now? Here you go: www.publicsource.org/how-are-thin...

New: Once the Draft leaves town, Pittsburgh and its teams will be on the clock to forge new leases at Acrisure Stadium and PNC Park. More on the talks, which could involve huge money for upgrades: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-n...

New: Thousands of ICE detainees are successfully petitioning for habeas corpus to get out on bond as their cases pend. Pittsburgh is a hub of this action, as the largest detention center in the Northeast is nearby. Read how it works and the families involved: www.publicsource.org/gofundme-and...

There will be 'hundreds' of FBI personnel in the region during the NFL draft, a bureau official said Friday www.publicsource.org/nfl-draft-pi...

News: Even after raising property taxes 20%, Pittsburgh's financial forecast does not look pretty. Under the new budget plan outlined by Mayor O'Connor, the reserve fund will continue shrinking and will be near the legal minimum by 2030. www.publicsource.org/city-pittsbu...

News: Pitt will give the city $5 million over five years to boost Mayor O'Connor's agenda www.publicsource.org/university-p...

Allegheny County taxes went up last year. Want to know where the money went? Here's our annual look at what county employees were paid last year: www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...

New: ICE is reportedly on site at Pittsburgh International, but from the landside terminal we saw no visible ICE presence so far today — and no serious lines. www.publicsource.org/ice-pittsbur...

News: Mayor O'Connor says the city budget passed in December underfunds key areas by $30 to $40 million and he'll seek revisions this month. Where will the money come from? He does not know yet. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-b...

Yesterday was the filing deadline for Pennsylvania's 2026 primary elections. Here's a list of filed candidates for Allegheny County seats. 🗳️ 7 contested legislative primaries 🗳️ Dems run in every seat; 12 of 23 have GOP opponent (pending write-ins) www.publicsource.org/election-202...

News: Allegheny County Council voted to restrict county employees from cooperating ICE. An amendment to sunset it in 3 years failed. www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...

News: Allegheny County Council advanced a bill today to restrict county employees' cooperation with ICE. Final vote could happen March 10. www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...

The first person to file a petition to run for PA's 12th Congressional District: Will Parker (D-Pittsburgh) Expecting multiple candidates in each primary for this seat, including incumbent Summer Lee, with filing deadline next week.

NEWS: Allegheny County's Human Services director, Erin Dalton, will leave to take a similar job in Zohran Mamdani's administration in New York. www.publicsource.org/mamdani-pick...

Margin: Mazzocco wins the district by 64 points (!) Former incumbent Dan Miller won it by 33 in 2024. Turnout around 26%. Mazzocco: 10,419 Leckenby: 2,330

NEWS: Democrat Jennifer Mazzocco wins special election for Pennsylvania state House in Pittsburgh suburbs, the AP declared at 8:45. The Democrats will retain the House majority. We need more vote in to see the swing from 2024 www.publicsource.org/live-results...

🗳️PA special election results 🗳️ Democrat Mazzocco gets 86% of the mail-in votes in HD-42. That compares to 76% received by the Democrat in 2024. Live results here: www.publicsource.org/live-results...

🗳️ Today's the first Election Day of 2026 in Pennsylvania. Here in Allegheny County there's a special election for state House. Voters in Mt. Lebanon, Baldwin Tp., Castle Shannon, Dormont and part of Upper St. Clair vote today. Live results publicsource.org at 8 p.m.

Inbox: Pittsburgh Congresswoman Summer Lee will deliver the Working Families Party response to Trump's state of the union this Tuesday

New: This isn't a surprise, but Beaver County Sheriff Tony Guy has filed FEC paperwork to launch a run for Congress in PA-17 (currently represented by Deluzio)

New: For years, UPMC said of voluntary payments to Pittsburgh: We'll contribute when the other major nonprofits do too. Then Mayor O'Connor entered, UPMC cut a one-time $10M gift. It's not clear what's next, as PGH seeks more revenue from tax-exempt orgs www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-n...

New: Allegheny County Council is considering a bill banning county cooperation with ICE. But today members were frustrated that they simply don't know how much interaction is currently going on. www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...

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New from @jamiewiggan.bsky.social and @stephstrasburg.bsky.social : Turn-signal stop prompts ICE detention for father of two in Springdale www.publicsource.org/ice-detains-...

It's FEC filing season... U.S. Rep. Summer Lee reports having $1.8 million on hand heading into 2026 reelection effort.

New story today, including a map of where the City of Pittsburgh has demolished structures since 2020. It seems the city's demolition money is going to the neighborhoods that need it most — but that need is far greater than the resources. Story: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-m...

News: UPMC to give Pittsburgh $10 million for new ambulances www.publicsource.org/upmc-gifts-p...

New: Why Pittsburgh's snow plow fleet broke down during the storm of the decade www.publicsource.org/why-pittsbur...

News: Mayor O'Connor has declared an emergency in Pittsburgh as dozens of snow plows broke down yesterday, leaving most secondary roads untouched after almost a foot of snowfall. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-e...

Photo by @stephstrasburg.bsky.social this morning

The impact of local elections: Coraopolis borough council approved a cooperative agreement with ICE in Dec. But Dems swept the council elections there last year, including flipping one seat from R to D, and the council voted this week to end the agreement www.publicsource.org/coraopolis-o...

"I can’t think of a city in Pittsburgh’s weight class that is facing the prospect of not having any daily newspaper at all." www.publicsource.org/newspaper-pi...

NEWS: Pittsburgh is losing its newspaper of record. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced today it will shut down in May. The end of more than 200 years of chronicling Pittsburgh for the paper. www.publicsource.org/newspaper-pi...

New story: How does Pittsburgh have 20,000 vacant homes — and a housing shortage? I show you one block in the Knoxville neighborhood to tell you why. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-h...

News: Pittsburgh City Council just gave preliminary approval to raise property taxes 20% next year. It was a 6-3, veto-proof vote. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-c...

“There’s been an African American mayor of a major metropolitan city elected with only 22% of the people being Black,” Gainey said. “That’s incredible. That’s incredible.” @chwolfson.bsky.social on outgoing Mayor Ed Gainey's 6 top issues www.publicsource.org/ed-gainey-si...

Inbox: The special election to fill PA's 42nd state House district will be Feb. 24, per the speaker's office. District includes Baldwin Tp., Castle Shannon, Mt. Lebanon and part of Upper St. Clair Dan Miller resigning the seat to become a judge

Here's what you need to know about the final weeks of Pittsburgh's budget negotiations — key dates and when the public can give their two cents. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-c...