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UPMC purges independent pharmacies: A new investigative report reveals how UPMC "dropped over 1,200 pharmacies from its health plan, around half of the stores it previously carried." Most of the dropped pharmacies were independently owned
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Shell plastic plant pollutes: That didn't take long. Shell Chemical's enormous, pollution-spewing plastics plant has already exceeded air pollution limits for smog-producing volatile organic chemicals (VOCs). "Each 12-month period that
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“The whole country is mad about this,” says Patrick Walsh, director of purchasing at Pennsylvania Macaroni Co. in the Strip District. Lemon Blennd has been a summertime staple in Western PA and beyond since its creation in 1914. The frosty
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Workers voice steel's history: Bruce Spiegel's new documentary, "City of Steel," traces the rise and decline of Pittsburgh's steel industry through the voices of the workers who made it happen. The documentary is available to stream for
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Pittsburgh City Council is back to full strength. Community advocate Barb Warwick took the oath of office Monday morning in City Council chambers, flanked by her husband and four children. Warwick soundly defeated three other candidates in
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Electric rates surge. Duquesne Light customers face rate increases over 20% this winter. Why? Natural gas prices have increased, especially as liquefied natural gas is shipped overseas to Ukraine. Jillian Forstadt reports for WESA
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Robot landlords buy up Pittsburgh: Investment funds and other institutional investors are buying up thousands of single-family homes and other foreclosed properties nationwide, including in Pittsburgh and other Rust Belt cities
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