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Cops resume traffic stops. Despite a 2021 ordinance that keeps city cops from pulling drivers over for things “like an expired registration sticker or a poorly secured license plate,” Pittsburgh Police have resumed traffic stops for minor
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Climate change causes major disruptions globally and is beginning to show measurable changes locally that affect many aspects of life, including cultivation. Whether working in agriculture or a backyard garden, most successful harvests are
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Fitz deflects on ACJ. Rich Fitzgerald, 2022 Pittsburgh Magazine “Pittsburgher of the Year,” is having a rough start to 2023. The Allegheny County Executive deflected questions about the Allegheny County Jail in an interview with WESA's
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Four days after Christmas, 2022, workers at Byrnes & Kiefer commercial bakery and warehouse in Callery, Butler County, cleaned and counted inventory to prepare for a major inspection. Around 1pm, management bought pizza, from Milano's down
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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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