Education » indicates external link

High fees and low wages: how much money will it take to fix Pa. child care staffing crisis?

WESA 5/12 11:35P Ed Mahon | Spotlight PA

Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed increasing taxpayer money for child care, but advocates say the ultimate cost needs to be far higher.

GOP lawmakers look to allow chaplains in Pennsylvania’s public schools

WESA 5/12 8:00A Jaxon White | LNP | LancasterOnl

Republican state Rep. Dave Zimmerman is pushing state legislators to invite chaplains into public school districts to serve as counselors to students and teachers.

Penn State offers to pay Commonwealth Campus employees to resign amid budget cuts

WESA 5/12 1:00A Wyatt Massey | Spotlight PA Stat

The university initiated a “voluntary separation incentive program” for some Commonwealth Campus employees as a way to reduce its multimillion-dollar budget deficit.

Pa. House leaders want to codify seven-year funding to fill public school “adequacy gaps”

WESA 5/9 5:37A Jillian Forstadt

Democrats want to codify the future of supplemental funding for the state’s public schools, rather than subject the money to yearly partisan budget negotiations.

Marching to a new beat: Pittsburgh's Perry High is a rare enrollment winner

WESA 5/8 11:35P Jillian Forstadt, Lajja Mistry |

Community organizations and school staff join forces to reimagine the district’s North Side high school by confronting issues of attendance and infractions — and creating...

More Education stories

Lifestyle » indicates external link

Leadership Pittsburgh announces 11th Community Leadership Course for Veterans cohort

BizJournal Pittsburgh 5/13 9:46A Jordyn Hronec

Leadership Pittsburgh Inc. has announced its latest cohort for its Community Leadership Course for Veterans.

Carnegie Mellon grad aims to make West African cuisine more accessible

TribLIVE 5/13 9:11A Shaylah Brown

Ozioma Aniagu sits in her Downtown Pittsburgh apartment, beaming with excitement over her upcoming achievement she s one day away from becoming an alumna of Carnegie Mellon University s Tepper School...

Judge acquits man who claimed self-defense in Carrick fatal bar shooting

TribLIVE 5/13 9:10A TribLive

A Pittsburgh man who claimed self-defense was found not guilty on Monday in a fatal shooting at a Carrick bar in December.

To-go sushi restaurant to open in Bakery Square, dining room coming soon

BizJournal Pittsburgh 5/13 8:34A Jake Dabkowski

The restaurant is tangentially related to Gi-Jin sushi restaurant

RIDC’s patient, mission-driven approach revitalizes dormant sites, creates homes for companies and...

BizJournal Pittsburgh 5/13 8:10A Regional Industrial Development

As the Pittsburgh region’s economy continues its evolution from heavy industry to technology and R&D, and ultimately toward commercialization and manufacturing — both...

More Lifestyle stories

Food & Dining » indicates external link

The Peach Truck Tour Announces 2024 Pittsburgh-Area Stops

Good Food Pittsburgh 5/13 7:08A Emily Catalano

It s never too early to start thinking about peaches! The Peach Truck, a traveling food truck that delivers farm-fresh peaches from Georgia, is back for another season of tour...

Here's where to find some of Pittsburgh's very best doughnuts

Pittsburgh City Paper FOOD+DRINK 5/12 11:00P Sarah Hamm

Where to find some of the best yeast, cake, and even gluten-free doughnuts in Pittsburgh. At its (hollow) core, a doughnut is a deeply personal thing. When I think of an exceptional doughnut, it must...

Bessie Gant: Pittsburgh's original celebrity chef

Pittsburgh City Paper FOOD+DRINK 5/8 11:00P Stacy Rounds

Bessie Gant, a Black caterer and restauranteur who wrote a self-published cookbook and a food column for the Pittsburgh Courier in the 1930s-50s, may have been Pittsburgh's first "celebrity chef." I...

Pittsburgh’s First Shake Shack Announces Opening Date

Good Food Pittsburgh 5/8 3:01A Emily Catalano

The wait is (almost) over. Shake Shack has announced that it will open its first Pittsburgh location in The Terminal in the Strip District on Monday, May 20. The super-popular...

Mother's Day specials, DiAnoia’s pasta club, and more Pittsburgh food news

Pittsburgh City Paper FOOD+DRINK 5/6 11:00P Rachel Wilkinson

This week's Pittsburgh food news includes updates on Umami, Sally Ann’s, CCAC, Chatham University, DiAnoia’s Eatery, City Works, and Raising Cane's, as well as a mocktail party by Open Road and a...

More Food & Dining stories

Sports » indicates external link

Steelers land elite wide receiver in early 2025 NFL mock draft

Steelers Wire 5/13 8:51A Curt Popejoy

The 2024 NFL season is still several months away but so is college football so that keeps us thinking about the 2025 NFL draft. The Draft Network has out a new one-round mock...

Steelers offense coming into the season with something to prove

Steelers Wire 5/13 6:00A Curt Popejoy

Last season felt like Groundhog Day for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Every week the team would come out, start slow, then rally late and hope to pull off the win. In almost every...

Related: Steelers stuck in the middle of the pack in latest ESPN NFL power rankings Steelers Wire, Steelers sign veteran CB Anthony Averett Steelers Wire

Ranking every NFL team (including the Steelers) by 2024 division odds

Steelers Wire 5/13 5:13A Curt Popejoy

The Pittsburgh Steelers have had a huge offseason so far. The front office and coaching staff have completely rebuilt the quarterback position along with the offensive line....

NHL playoff update: It’s getting ugly out there

PensBurgh 5/13 4:57A Hooks Orpik

Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images A scattering of thoughts on the NHL playoffs Some random thoughts on a Monday about the ongoing NHL playoffs. Is Arturs Silovs Latvian for “Johan Hedberg”? On...

Cameron Heyward reveals Steelers formula to getting over playoff hump

Steelers Wire 5/13 1:05A Allison Koehler

Looming large over the Pittsburgh Steelers since the 2017 season is the ugly fact that they haven t gotten over the dreaded playoff hump. They ve been to the playoffs three...

More Sports stories