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Letter calls on Carnegie Mellon to denounce higher-ed actions by Trump administration

A letter signed by more than 150 Carnegie Mellon University faculty, staff, alumni and students calls on the university to denounce what it calls the Trump administration’s “punitive withholding of federal funding and detainment and deportation of international scholars.” The letter also asks Carnegie Mellon not to comply with federal...
Pittsburgh event featuring U.S. Sens. McCormick, Fetterman is postponed

A paid event featuring U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman that had been scheduled for Saturday in Pittsburgh has been postponed. An Eventbrite listing for the event was updated Friday afternoon to announce the postponement, but it did not give a reason. Messages left for McCormick, R-Pittsburgh, and Fetterman,...
Organizers of Fetterman, McCormick event mum on venue details as protesters mobilize

Dana Kellerman plans to protest Saturday in Pittsburgh. She just doesn’t know where yet. Complicating matters, Kellerman said she wasn’t sure where hundreds of other anticipated protesters should go or where they should set up their giant inflatable chicken. It all depends on where U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick and John...
Dan Goughnour wins big in state House race, positioning Dems to reclaim majority

Democrats are poised to reclaim control of the Pennsylvania House as McKeesport police officer Dan Goughnour rolled to a commanding victory Tuesday night in a special election to fill a vacancy in the chamber. The chamber has been gridlocked, with 101 Democrats and 101 Republicans, since the January death of...
Fetterman, McCormick to hold event in Downtown Pittsburgh, drawing criticism from some on left

Pennsylvania’s U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman and their wives are holding a public event this weekend in Downtown Pittsburgh where the McCormicks will discuss their new book and participate in a discussion with the Fettermans about mentorship. McCormick is a Republican from Pittsburgh, Fetterman a Democrat from Braddock....
3 candidates vie for state House in Mon Valley special election race

A special election in the Mon Valley will determine control of the state House. The chamber has been gridlocked, with 101 Democrats and 101 Republicans, since the January death of state Rep. Matt Gergely, D-McKeesport. Gergely had represented the 35th Legislative District for just under two years. Looking to fill...
What you need to know about Social Security policy changes

Several significant policy changes affecting Social Security recipients and applicants get underway this month. One of the changes is designed to help the Social Security Administration more quickly recover money from people it overpaid. Another aims to limit fraudulent claims. A third could speed up the time it takes to...
Deluzio urges fellow Democrats to rethink stance on tariffs

A Democratic congressman from Western Pennsylvania has found some common ground — albeit, a small patch of it — with Republican President Donald Trump on the issue of tariffs. In an op-ed published Friday in The New York Times, U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Fox Chapel, said members of his party...
Fetterman calls out Democrats for ‘unhinged petulance’ during Trump address

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Braddock, called out members of his own party for their protests during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night. “A sad cavalcade of self-owns and unhinged petulance. It only makes Trump look more presidential and restrained,” Fetterman wrote Wednesday afternoon on the social media...
Pa. Republican says he’ll protect Medicaid’s ‘core mission’ while looking for budget savings

Democratic members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation railed against the budget blueprint that passed the House on Tuesday night, warning it could result in steep cuts to Medicaid. But an Altoona Republican who serves on a committee tasked with coming up with $880 billion in savings over 10 years says he...
Sewickley’s Jason Richey in line to become Allegheny County GOP chair

A Sewickley attorney who formerly ran for governor is in line to become the next chairman of the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, as both of his opponents have dropped out of the race. The Allegheny County GOP is scheduled to hold an election Saturday to replace outgoing Chairman Sam...
Newly elected Democratic chairman begins national tour in Western Pa.

In his first road trip as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin made Western Pennsylvania his first stop, meeting Tuesday morning with steelworkers in Pittsburgh and campaigning in the afternoon with a state House candidate in McKeesport. Martin said the two stops signify what’s most important to him...
Hip-hop at 50: Where does Pittsburgh fit in?

Paradise Gray was a young boy growing up in the Bronx when what would become known as hip-hop began taking shape. “We didn’t call it hip-hop back then — that wouldn’t happen until later. But the music, the culture was everywhere,” said Gray, 59, now of Pittsburgh’s North Side. Gray,...
Roberto Clemente book deemed ‘appropriate,’ returns to Fla. school district shelves

An illustrated children’s biography of Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente is back on shelves in Florida’s Duval County Public Schools after being reviewed and approved for use in classrooms and libraries. The school district said in a news release that its certified reading specialists are in the process of reviewing...
Florida school district pulls children’s book about Roberto Clemente off shelves

A large Florida school district has pulled an illustrated children’s biography of Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente off its shelves to determine whether it is “developmentally appropriate for student use.” Duval County Public Schools, which includes the city of Jacksonville, said in a news release it is “taking further steps...
50th anniversary of Roberto Clemente’s death brings ‘mixed emotions’

At some point on New Year’s Eve, Tom Walker and his wife of 48 years, Carolyn, will raise a toast in their Pine Township home to the man who Walker says saved his life a half-century ago: Roberto Clemente. “None of this, none of the blessings I’ve had in life,...

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