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Allegheny County recount begins for Pa.’s Republican U.S. Senate race
Election workers in Allegheny County on Wednesday braved the heat inside the county’s election warehouse on Pittsburgh’s North Side to conduct a recount of votes cast in the May 17 primary. The recount was triggered by a state law because the race between celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz and former hedge...
Highmark reports $150M net loss in 1st quarter, citing market volatility, inflation
Highmark Health reported a net loss of $150 million in the first quarter of 2022, driven by losses from the company’s stock market portfolio and increased costs at the company’s large hospital system, Allegheny Health Network. Financial reports released by Highmark showed the company brought in $6.4 billion in revenue...
Allegheny County continues to count ballots in tight U.S. Senate race
The Allegheny County election return board reconvened Monday to start reviewing and counting about 2,000 provisional ballots that had been submitted for the May primary. While the process plays out each election, with workers slowly reviewing ballots in the Allegheny County elections warehouse in Pittsburgh’s North Side, a closely contested...
Gisele Fetterman steps into campaign after husband’s stroke: ‘I didn’t have to think twice’
The whirlwind of the previous five days finally caught up with Gisele Fetterman on Wednesday at a rest stop along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Pennsylvania’s second lady, taking advantage of a rare moment of calm, fell asleep while sitting on a bench inside the rest stop. Her children couldn’t help but...
Associated Press calls Summer Lee winner over Steve Irwin in 12th Congressional District race
Election Night on Tuesday produced a neck-and-neck race between state Rep. Summer Lee and Pittsburgh lawyer Steve Irwin in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, but after outstanding votes were counted a few days later, Lee emerged victorious. After Tuesday, Lee led by less than half a percentage point. But there were...
Black Forge Coffee to close Allentown coffee shop
After nearly seven years slinging coffee in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood, the heavy metal-themed coffee shop Black Forge Coffee is closing down its original store. According to a Facebook post, Black Forge Allentown will have limited hours starting on May 23, and June 30 will be the final day of business...
State Rep. Emily Kinkead holds off Democratic challenger in the 20th State House District
State Rep. Emily Kinkead, D-Brighton Heights, won Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Pennsylvania’s 20th State House District, according to unofficial results. As of Wednesday afternoon, with 97% of precincts reporting results, Kinkead had collected 65.6% of the votes counted compared with challenger Nick Mastros’ 34.4%, unofficial tallies showed. Mastros, of Ross,...
State Rep. Jessica Benham wins Democratic nomination in 36th State House District
State Rep. Jessica Benham, D-South Side, trounced her opponent in Tuesday’s Democratic primary race in the 36th State House District, according to unofficial tallies. Benham was first elected in 2020 to a strong Democratic district that includes Brentwood, Mt. Oliver and several Pittsburgh neighborhoods, including all or parts of Arlington,...
Outstanding votes in Allegheny County could sway races, but will take time to count
Allegheny County elections officials have tallied the vast majority of votes cast in Tuesday’s primary, but some races remain too close to call and could be decided by remaining votes that need to be tabulated. Officials said some of the outstanding votes will be counted on Friday, but it’s unlikely...
5-way race in 12th Congressional District remains too close to call
A five-way race for the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District remained too close to call as of midnight Tuesday, with state Rep. Summer Lee leading Pittsburgh attorney Steve Irwin by just more than 500 votes. Irwin had jumped out to sizable early lead, collecting about half of the...
Gov. Wolf calls recent mass shootings ‘appalling,’ reiterates call for gun reforms
Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday condemned deadly mass shootings that happened over the weekend in Buffalo and Orange County, Calif. Ten people were killed and three others injured at a shooting inside a grocery store in Buffalo on Saturday, while one person was killed and five others injured in the...
What price will candidates pay to emerge from Pa. primaries?
Pennsylvania’s Republican primary races for governor and U.S. Senate have been rugged affairs, with infighting among the crowded fields of GOP candidates and millions of dollars pouring in to fund a barrage of attack ads. On the Democratic side, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has built a sizable lead in polls...
Wings Over Pittsburgh expands to East Liberty with new chicken joint
The Wings Over Pittsburgh fried chicken joint that has been slinging chicken fingers on the South Side since 2013 is expanding and adding another location in East Liberty. Wings Over Pittsburgh - East Liberty will take up a spot on Baum Boulevard and is opening on May 16. The restaurant...
5 Democrats, 1 Republican seek nominations to run for U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle’s seat
Five Democrats and one Republican are seeking their parties’ nominations in Tuesday’s primary to run for longtime U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle’s seat in November. The Democratic congressman, who is in his 14th term representing a district comprised of Pittsburgh and suburban Allegheny County communities, said last year he would not...
Former UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff made $10.4M in 2020, IRS records show
Former UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff was paid $10.4 million in compensation during the 2020 fiscal year, an increase of 9.4% or about $900,000 compared to the year before, tax records filed Friday show. Romoff stepped down last year. Leslie Davis, who was named CEO last August, earned $2.4 million in...
State Rep. Emily Kinkead faces challenge from Nick Mastros in Dem primary
After unseating an incumbent in the 2020 primary, Democratic state Rep. Emily Kinkead is now facing a primary challenge in her reelection bid in Pennsylvania’s 20th State House District. The district includes Avalon, Bellevue, Ross, West View and the neighborhoods of Brighton Heights and Observatory Hill in Pittsburgh’s North Side....
Bernie Sanders stumps for Summer Lee at Pittsburgh rally
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied in Downtown Pittsburgh on Thursday in support of congressional candidate Summer Lee, in an attempt to help her win what has become a contentious race in the final days before Tuesday’s primary election. Lee, a progressive state representative from Swissvale, is leading in polls for...
State Rep. Jessica Benham faces primary challenge from Stephanie Fox in South Hills
Pennsylvania’s 36th State House District has seen its share of political drama since former longtime state Rep. Harry Readshaw, D-Carrick, announced his retirement in 2020. Readshaw’s retirement triggered a controversial race that included a Democratic candidate who had praised former President Donald Trump, yet was still supported by the Allegheny...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says he supports codifying abortion rights into federal law
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, long seen as a pro-life Democrat, on Tuesday said that he supports congressional efforts to codify abortion rights into federal law. In a statement, Casey said he chose to support the congressional efforts because of the leaked ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that, if enacted,...
Pittsburgh Black Lives Matter protester acquitted by judge after charges refiled
Jay Yoder, one of more than a dozen Pittsburgh protesters facing refiled charges in relation to a confrontation between Pittsburgh Police and marchers during a 2020 protest, has been acquitted. Yoder is using the legal victory to criticize the Allegheny County District Attorney and to reaffirm opinions that protesters had...
Trump looks to advance his GOP takeover, sway support for Oz at Westmoreland stop
Former President Trump spoke to a few hundred people at a fairgrounds in Westmoreland County on Friday night during a rally centered around attempting to establish him and his allies as the voice of conservatives and the Republican Party. The rally at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds in Mt. Pleasant Township occurred...
Gainey, other Dems call out attack ads against Summer Lee in 12th District race
A coalition of Summer Lee supporters, upset about a campaign being supported by an outside group, is pressuring an opponent running in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District to condemn what they call attack ads from the United Democracy Project. The pro-Israel super PAC has disclosed nearly $1.1 million in advertising so...
Pa. health department transitions to weekly covid updates
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Wednesday began providing covid-19 updates on a weekly basis rather than daily. Numbers of new covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths still are being provided on the department’s online dashboard, but it now will update once a week. “The covid-19 pandemic is not over, and...
Community input sought in Pittsburgh Public Schools superintendent search
The Pittsburgh Board of Public Education is asking for as much community input as possible during its national search to select a permanent superintendent to lead Pittsburgh Public Schools, the region’s largest school district. The board is holding several upcoming community forums to gather input from residents and interested parties....
Gov. Wolf calls draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade ‘un-American and unacceptable’
Gov. Tom Wolf said he is angry that a leaked draft ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court outlines an effort to overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling Wolf, along with a group of lawmakers and reproductive rights advocates, met in Philadelphia on Wednesday to criticize the draft opinion...
