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My argument is simple: people who say they want to see a return of American manufacturing don't actually vote with their dollar. Let me show you. 🧵

Netanyahu announces that Israel has formally annexed the Golan Heights from Syria:

Zoning change in Pittsburgh will wait til next year after Gainey proposals hit a buzzsaw of public commenters including "a Santa impersonator, a self-described Polish Hill punk, and a person who identified as an Aborigine shaman," Eric Jankiewicz reports publicsource.org/gainey-pittsbu…

The emergency shelter for Allegheny County is now in Perry South - 3 miles from the longtime, now-closed Downtown shelter. Eric Jankiewicz reports on concerns that it's too far from services publicsource.org/winter-homeles…

🇷🇺 illegally annexes 🇮🇱 borders shift

In 2023, Charlie Wolfson asked the 7 candidates for Allegheny County executive what they'd do for gov't transparency. Sara Innamorato embraced a slew of improvements — but in a year has left most of them untouched publicsource.org/allegheny-coun…

Esplanade is Pittsburgh’s biggest pending development, and it sits on the border of Manchester, the city’s largest majority-Black historic neighborhood. Eric Jankiewicz explores the tug-of-war between Manchester Neighbors and an alliance of orgs publicsource.org/manchester-esp…

Shortly after midnight, Pittsburgh's City Planning Commission recommended one of the two inclusionary zoning that brought around 100 people to an 11-hour meeting. Eric Jankiewicz stayed up for the fireworks publicsource.org/inclusionary-z…

Union representatives are woven throughout the Pittsburgh and Allegheny County power structure, Eric Jankiewicz reports, and no matter what comes from Washington, they're vowing to "make sure labor voices are heard" here publicsource.org/labor-governme…

Conservatorship allows someone to take over someone else's property. Two would-be conservators are litigating over one North Side property, and an East Hills street is a Petri dish for the law's effectiveness, Eric Jankiewicz and Bella Markovitz report publicsource.org/conservatorshi…

HUD is cutting staff, funding is flat, costs are rising ... What's a housing authority to do? Eric Jankiewicz reports that Allegheny County's public housing agency is trying to help residents to be self-sufficient publicsource.org/allegheny-coun…

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Pittsburgh's $1 million disparity study will be "a bold and critical step to gaining an equitable and thriving economy for all," per Mayor Ed Gainey, but it comes as courts and D.C. push against DEI. Eric Jankiewicz explores the issues publicsource.org/pittsburgh-gai…

Coal burned for a half century. Now Homer City and Center Township are looking at a future of natural gas and maybe AI. Eric Jankiewicz and John Beale chronicle a town at a turning point publicsource.org/coal-gas-trans…

Tariffs - like those freshly threatened on imports from Japan, Korea and elsewhere - are just one of the variables raising economic anxieties for Pittsburgh developers and officials, @ericjankiewicz reports publicsource.org/pittsburgh-dev…

After a year of living in LA, I unexpectedly found myself back in Pittsburgh. It was a move I didn’t plan, but one that changed everything. In this Pittsburgh's Public Source essay, I reflect on how my return home helped me grow in ways I never imagined. Read here! publicsource.org/maia-williams-…

PA has hitched its wagon to AI, positioning itself as the energy-rich go-to for data centers. What that means for jobs and quality of life may depend on whether communities "curate" job disruption and negotiate with developers, Eric Jankiewicz reports publicsource.org/ai-data-center…