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Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey signed an executive order Tuesday calling on the city’s finance and law departments to investigate whether the city’s purely public charities meet requirements for tax-exempt status. Purely public charities are nonprofits that, under the state’s definition, must advance a charitable purpose, donate a substantial portion of...

Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority has announced a pair of new programs that it said will help lower-income residents. One of the programs will help lower-income residents buy houses, while the other will convert unused Downtown office space into affordable housing. Both programs will launch at the end of the month....

Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority has unveiled preliminary plans for an affordable housing preservation program. “The program is going to help fund the acquisition, rehab and operations of existing affordable housing,” said Evan Miller, the URA’s director of housing. The goal, he said, is to ensure affordable housing options aren’t shut...

Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority is providing a $1.2 million loan to support an Uptown development project that will include affordable housing and commercial space. The City’s Edge project will include 110 apartments on Colwell Street on a site that is now a parking lot, said Ben Peyton, senior lending analyst...

Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority has named Susheela Nemani-Stanger as its executive director. She will be the first woman to take the role. Nemani-Stanger assumed the role of acting executive director after Greg Flisram resigned from the post at the end of last year. “I’m proud to say that I’ve watched...

Gucci on Friday opened a new store in Ross Park Mall. Spanning more than 5,000 square feet, the shop showcases men’s ready-to-wear, men’s and women’s shoes, handbags, luggage, small leather goods, jewelry and eyewear, the company said in a statement. Shoppers will also be able to explore Gucci’s Cosomogonie collection....

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023: Neighboring school district helps save Disney trip for high school band United School District in Indiana County will still be taking a trip to Disney World later this year, thanks to a rival school district...

Dr. E. Joseph Charny, a longtime Pittsburgh resident who survived the Tree of Life attack, has died at age 95. He died in Washington, D.C., due to complications of a stroke, compounded by Alzheimer’s disease, according to his obituary in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle. He stood next to Rabbi Jeffrey...

Pittsburgh City Council has advanced a proposal to use $1 million in covid-relief funding to alleviate residents’ medical debts. Councilman Bobby Wilson introduced the proposal last month and suggested that the city hire RIP Medical Debt, a New York-based nonprofit, to buy dischargeable health care debt directly from hospitals and...

La Roche University announced Jan. 19 it will host an April concert featuring rapper Bryce Vine and Pittsburgh alternative rock band The Ghost Club. Sponsored by the La Roche Concert Council, the concert is slated for Thursday, April 13 at the Kerr Fitness & Sports Center at the school’s McCandless...

Pittsburgh-based Primanti Bros. closed its only two sandwich shops in Michigan on Tuesday. The restaurant chain had expanded into Michigan less than a decade ago, the Detroit Free Press reported, before shuttering its shops in the state Tuesday with no explanation. The Michigan locations in Taylor and Novi are no...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023: Fire damages Zelienople housing complex Officials said a fire that damaged a housing complex in Zelienople may have started in a car parked in a driveway, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. Harmony Fire Chief...

Pittsburgh City Council voted Wednesday to approve issuing nearly $68 million in bonds to pay for capital projects this year. The measure will fund projects that City Council has already approved in Mayor Ed Gainey’s 2023 capital budget, Jennifer Gula, the city’s finance director, said. This year’s operating budget, which...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023: Police: Man who shot at mail carrier shot others on McKnight Road Police have connected a man who they say shot at a mail carrier in Pittsburgh earlier this month with a shooting that injured...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s office said Tuesday that the mayor does not support a proposal to ramp up enforcement of the city’s curfew for minors. City Council President Theresa Kail-Smith on Monday said she is planning to introduce legislation this week that aims to enforce the city’s curfew for juveniles...

Crews responded Tuesday morning to a report of a pedestrian hit by a train in Connellsville. The incident occurred around 7:45 a.m. near the Connellsville police department near Water Street, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. Additional details were not immediately available....

Hidden Valley Resort in Somerset County will reopen Tuesday after a minor kitchen fire forced the resort to close Monday. The resort, owned by Vail Resorts, announced their reopening on social media Tuesday morning. UPDATE: Hidden Valley Resort will resume regular operations as scheduled on Tuesday, January 17. pic.twitter.com/5tTIJduzg0— Hidden...

Allegheny County police said they have charged a 13-year-old Clairton male in the shooting death of another teen Monday night in Clairton. The shooting happened about 9:19 p.m. in the 400 block of Wilson Avenue, police said. LaQuan Rich-Cabbagestalk, 13, is charged with homicide in connection with the death of...

Pittsburgh City Council President Theresa Kail-Smith is expected to introduce legislation this week that would ramp up enforcement of the city’s curfew for minors. The legislation also would open 24-hour resource centers for youth who violate curfew or need help. The city already has a curfew in place, but Kail-Smith...

Several organizations are hosting events Monday to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here are some ways to honor King’s legacy in Pittsburgh: Prayer breakfast The Allegheny County Bar Association on Monday is hosting their 24th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast and Program at Ebenezer Baptist...

Rivers Casino Pittsburgh temporarily closed Friday after a cracked refrigeration pipe leaked onto the gaming floor. The casino on the city’s North Shore reopened around 8 p.m., according to a staffer who answered the phone. Repairs were made and crews cleaned up the area after the break, said Jack Horner,...

Pittsburgh’s Land Bank is now expecting to buy and sell fewer properties than officials initially hoped, after the city pulled $3 million of the bank’s proposed $10 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding. While Mayor Ed Gainey had initially proposed giving the Land Bank a $10 million infusion from...

Pittsburgh police are once again able to pull over drivers for minor, secondary infractions, as city police have put a hold on training officers about a city ordinance that banned traffic stops for minor infractions. Pittsburgh City Council voted in late 2021 to bar police from pulling over drivers for...

Pittsburgh public safety officials on Thursday said they hope to have a new police chief in place in April. Former Chief Scott Schubert retired in July after leading the bureau since late 2016. Deputy Chief Thomas Stangrecki is serving as acting chief as city officials conduct a national search for...

A proposed development could bring 288 apartments and dozens of townhouses to Pittsburgh’s Strip District. The Brickworks Residential Development would include eight buildings on a 3.45-acre lot at 2121 Smallman St., according to plans presented Tuesday to the city’s Planning Commission. The plans call for two, six-story apartment buildings with...