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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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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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No testing for forever chemicals. Oliver Morrison reports that, despite longstanding knowledge that PFAS and so-called “forever chemicals” have been dumped at Pittsburgh International Airport property for decades, nearby soil and drinking
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