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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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Note: In solidarity with striking Newspaper Guild workers, Pittsburgh Independent will not link to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Follow striking workers’ news coverage at the Pittsburgh Union Progress. Starbucks strikes hit Pittsburgh. WESA
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Post-Gazette publisher John R. Block is getting married in Pittsburgh this Saturday, and striking workers from his paper and their supporters will be outside the reception to ensure an unforgettable evening. “They’re going to have a lot of
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Pittsburgh’s Pop Art prince is off to Al-’Ula. The Royal Commission for Al-'Ula and Arts AlUla this week announced Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol Museum will bring “Fame: Andy Warhol in AlUla” to the Maraya art gallery for a three month
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Note: In solidarity with striking Newsguild workers, Pittsburgh Independent will not share or link to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Follow striking workers’ news coverage at the Pittsburgh Union Progress.
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In solidarity with striking Pittsburgh Newspaper Guild members, the Pittsburgh Independent will no longer link to Post-Gazette news articles until the strike is resolved. In the meantime, maybe read The Rooster’s profile of the weirdo Block
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Hot wax, on its way. Construction has started on a new record manufacturing plant, Hellbender Vinyl, at 5760 Butler Street in Lawrenceville. Scheduled to open next spring, the facility comes at a time when musicians face year-long waits for
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