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07/05/2025

Without state relief, Pittsburgh Regional Transit will assume cuts to 35% of its countywide services according to a 2026 budget passed on June 27, 2025.

Pittsburgh Regional Transit board approves service cuts and fare hikes in 2026 fiscal year budget as state aid lingers in limbo.

07/05/2025

After losing its license and reopening under a new name, Highland Detention at Shuman Center will now receive guidance from a new county advisory board.

Allegheny County reinstated an advisory board to guide management of Highland Detention at Shuman Center, operated by private contractor Adelphoi.

07/04/2025

Quick takeaways on Allegheny County’s financial struggles https://buff.ly/cbhRpcc

07/04/2025

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07/03/2025

Adelphoi privately manages Highland Detention at Shuman for juveniles and recently pledged to work with a new county board on “enhancing advocacy for youth involved in the system.”

Allegheny County’s Juvenile Detention Advisory Board will be steered by 10 citizens and officials. Here’s a look at 8 appointed members.

07/03/2025

“I turn to art as a refuge, but sometimes it cannot be the place I hide; art demands that I be my truest self, and that is what makes it both necessary and impossible.” https://buff.ly/gFEkgSm

Eli Kurs-Lasky, an autistic artist, reflects on the tension of seeking self-expression when social attitudes toward autism make visibility feel dangerous.

07/02/2025

Adelphoi privately manages Highland Detention at Shuman for juveniles and recently pledged to work with a new county board on “enhancing advocacy for youth involved in the system.” Meet the proposed members of that board.

Allegheny County’s Juvenile Detention Advisory Board will be steered by 10 citizens and officials. Here’s a look at 8 appointed members.

07/02/2025

A new lawsuit alleges abuse at Allegheny County Jail. This time up to 10 correctional officers are involved, including one sergeant named in seven prior lawsuits.

An Allegheny County Jail sergeant is at the center of another new lawsuit filed in federal court. He is named in 7 prior cases alleging abuse.

07/02/2025

Oversight or underpowered: will Allegheny County’s new advisory board help improve a troubled record on protections for youth in custody?

Allegheny County reinstated an advisory board to guide management of Highland Detention at Shuman Center, operated by private contractor Adelphoi.

07/01/2025

Pittsburgh Regional Transit board voted to approve a 2026 budget that assumes 35% cuts to services across the county.

Pittsburgh Regional Transit board approves service cuts and fare hikes in 2026 fiscal year budget as state aid lingers in limbo.

07/01/2025

Pitt’s new Office of Institutional Engagement and Well-being is replacing the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (OEDI). The OEDI website has been deleted. https://buff.ly/qEMojzy

As Pitt's faculty senate weighs effects of a hiring freeze amid federal funding uncertainty, see how Pitt, CMU, Duquesne, La Roche & CCAC have responded.

07/01/2025

Sweeping federal funding cuts have halted a slate of local projects intended to reduce emissions and bolster resilience to climate change. The cuts come as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin continues to repeal environmental regulations.

Local advocates warn that EPA rollbacks could have dire consequences for communities, especially as funding for local programs is cut and parts of the Pittsburgh region already struggle with industrial pollution.

On June 11, Zeldin moved to erase federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants, and to strip restrictions on hazardous emissions including arsenic, mercury and lead.

The proposals are the latest in a series of deregulatory actions and funding cuts by President Trump's administration, dubbed the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history."

The EPA contends that the moves will lower the cost of living for American families, bring jobs and manufacturing into local communities, eliminate "trillions" in regulatory costs and "unleash American energy".

"We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion," Zeldin said earlier this year.

The recent easing of power plant emission restrictions came after the cancellation of several EPA grants that supported local efforts to cut emissions and build climate resilience.

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