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The Etna and Millvale council primary races are uncontested, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. In Etna Ward 1, Nicholas Behr Leffakis is the only Republican on the ballot for two open spots. Democrats Brad Iannuzzi and Megan Tunon are running for two party nominations....

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Editor’s note: The Signal Item is publishing primary election previews with candidate interviews for contested races only. Candidates for Bridgeville Council, Collier commissioners and Scott commissioners have no opposition in the primary, according to Allegheny County Election Bureau information. In the race for Chartiers Valley School Board, eight candidates are...

Regarding Mark Madden’s column “Tiger Woods is golf’s most popular attraction, so make some exceptions to sacred rules” (April 10, TribLIVE) and his views about Woods not being able to walk the course anymore: Woods is totally responsible for his inability to traverse the golf course. Providing him a cart...

Regarding the letter “Pick a side, good or evil” (April 10, TribLIVE): How dare the writer declare “you cannot be Catholic and vote Democrat.” Who made him pope? According to him, you can discriminate against God’s children who he made LBGT, and still be Catholic. According to him, you can...

There are three open spots for four-year terms on Whitehall Borough Council, and five Democrats and five Republicans are on the primary ballot. Voters can vote for three of five Democrats: Beth Lynn Eicher, Philip J. Lahr, Tristian Lucchetti, Glenn Nagy and Lacey Thomas. On the Republican ticket, voters will...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is right to challenge UPMC’s status as a purely public charity (“Gainey to challenge tax-exempt status of UPMC properties, other nonprofits,” March 28, TribLIVE). It doesn’t matter how much money UPMC “donates to the community” when they’re creating conditions that leave employees like myself struggling to...

In Alabama, there is mourning for the loss of four people who were attending a 16th birthday party Saturday in Dadeville. There is concern for the health and well-being of 32 more who were injured. But people are frustrated by the lack of answers about what happened and who is...

The letter “Bad logic on Trump’s presidency” (March 29, TribLIVE) rebutting the letter “Why Trump was a great president” (March 7, TribLIVE), which was a rebuttal to my letter “No comparison between Trump, Reagan” (Feb. 27, TribLIVE) was excellent. The writer is correct when he says that the covid-19 pandemic...

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The writer of the letter “Bad logic on Trump’s presidency” (March 29, TribLIVE) dismissed the Trump administration’s contributions to low inflation, gas prices and unemployment and positive growth in the economy and stock markets. His logic is flawed. These things happened as a result of President Donald Trump’s policies and...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 7-9) gave up two in the ninth to lose to Memphis (Cardinals), 5-4. RHP Yerry De Los Santos (0-2, 8.44) gave up back-to-back homers to Luken Baker and Oscar Mercado with one out. RHP Luis Ortiz (2.08) started and went five innings, allowing four hits and one walk...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 6, Allderdice 1 Seneca Valley at Pine-Richland, ppd. Section 2 Baldwin 2, Central Catholic 1 Canon-McMillan at Hempfield, ppd. Mt. Lebanon at Norwin, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional at Fox Chapel, ppd. Armstrong 10, Gateway 5...

Tristan Weimann doubled and drove in two runs and C.J. Leuch and Scott Ranallo combined on a five-hit shutout to lead North Hills to a 5-0 victory over Moon in Section 3-5A baseball Tuesday. Leuch allowed three hits and struck out eight in 4⅔ innings, and Ranallo fanned six for...

Q: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A: Practice. Q: How do you get to Carnegie Carnegie Hall? A: Well, from the Studio performance space, you can either take the elevator or walk up a flight of stairs to the Music Hall lobby. In January, Pete Hewlett and Scott...

The bat and the right arm of sophomore Tyler Skaggs helped Serra Catholic secure a Section 3-2A sweep of Ligonier Valley on Tuesday afternoon. Skaggs knocked in the go-ahead run with a fifth-inning double and tossed 4 2/3 innings of no-hit baseball in the Eagles’ 7-4 win over the Rams...

Tate Stanford, 23, was serving two years of probation after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment in March 2022. Six months later, he was arrested for carrying a gun without a license, possession of marijuana and receiving stolen property. Although bail was set on the new charges, Stanford was held in...

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Seven candidates are vying for five party nominations on the November ballot in the race for Baldwin-Whitehall School Board. All terms are four years. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, all candidates are cross-filed on the ballot. Robert Achtzehn Municipality: Whitehall Borough Why...

Doctors have known for some time that we are falling short of our humanistic ideals. It was my turn to learn it firsthand. I had avoided covid until February. Although I had a short course — mitigated by Paxlovid— some weird lab results surfaced after I recovered. My internist wanted...

President Biden just released his budget plan for the next fiscal year. It purports to extend Medicare’s solvency by decades and reassure the millions of Americans who rely on the program. But once they realize his approach will grind drug research to a halt, perhaps they’ll come to a different...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, as they work on the 2023 farm bill, are staking out positions on nutrition and food stamps — the Agriculture Department’s biggest single program and a perennial source of contention. The draft bill may still be months away, but Republican members of Congress have already said they...

The writer of the letter “Reasons for Pittsburgh population loss” (April 7, TribLIVE) spent 30 years in education, but apparently it wasn’t in math education. A 3% city wage tax doesn’t translate to 6% for two spouses. It’s still 3%. Under his reasoning, a family of 33 would pay 99%...