News

We’re back. But the news never stops. (Unless maybe there’s a printers strike.) Here’s some Pittsburgh news you may have missed: Union Calls for PG Boycott. After seeing their healthcare cut, printers and other production workers on strike

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Frack ban reactions. How did the natural gas industry react to Allegheny County’s ban on natural gas drilling in parks? Not too well. One publication, Marcellus Drilling, called Council “unhinged” for their “idiotic” ban, adding “welcome to

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UPDATE (July 27, 5:54 PM): On Wednesday afternoon, Senator Joe Manchin announced a deal with Senate Democrats on a reconciliation package that includes climate spending. A Now or Never organizer tells the Independent that the deal

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Several legal watchdogs, including a racial justice group founded at the request of John F. Kennedy and the nation’s oldest libertarian legal foundation are closely monitoring a recent federal lawsuit challenging Pittsburgh’s inclusionary

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On Sunday, The Guardian and other media outlets began to publish reporting on over 124,000 confidential documents leaked from ride-hailing app Uber. It’s being called, “The Uber Files.” The files include text messages, email records, and

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Hell must be full, because the dead walk the Earth: Black Forge Coffee House in Allentown remains. Kelly Braden, AKA Ms. Macabre Noir, has reached an agreement with Black Forge owner Ashley Corts to take over and operate Black Forge Coffee

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Dan Muessig keeps it real. Like, really fucking real. Dan ran “the Store,” Pittsburgh’s destination, invite-only underground cannabis dispensary, 7-days-a-week, 12-hours-a-day in the middle of an East End neighborhood for six straight years

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