PA changed its standard for involuntary mental health
Oct 24, 2019 · Pennsylvania is one of the last states to change its standard in this manner and, so far, every county has opted out of implementing it, citing issues like costs and concerns about how the new AOT law would work in practice.
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Clairton’s residents persevere amid persistent pollution and violence
Nov 19, 2021 · Clairton’s population changed as the steel industry receded. 6,181 people live in Clairton as of 2020, down nearly 70% since the 1950s. 22.5% of Clairtonians live below the federal poverty line, according to 2019 US Census estimates. 60.3% of …
The untold story of Pittsburgh’s water crisis and a future of $300 ...
Oct 18, 2021 · Introduction — The untold story of Pittsburgh’s water crisis and the likely future of $300 water bills. Oliver Morrison October 18, 2021. The water from the Allegheny River is processed at a drinking water plant in Aspinwall before it is sent to customers throughout the city of Pittsburgh. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource) “There are ...
Dear voter: How to get your congressperson to actually hear you
Sep 30, 2021 · DO email. Emails usually get organized into batches by the subject matter and issue at hand. The more emails get put into a categorized batch, the more they’re likely to get noticed. If there is a specific policy concern that blows up a batch it is organized in, then conversations are sure to happen around the office.
U.S. Steel, Clairton settlement: millions for public health and more
Feb 13, 2024 · Soon after his surgery Perryman was deposed by lawyers representing U.S. Steel in a citizens’ lawsuit over air pollution from the Clairton Coke Works, which locals and environmental advocates blame for the area’s alarming rates of cancer, lung and heart disease. That suit ended Jan. 29 with a historic settlement: the largest penalty extracted under the Clean Air Act in state history.
The story of a near-catastrophic failure of Pittsburgh's drinking water
Oct 18, 2021 · Crumbling infrastructure and failed management nearly led to a catastrophic failure in Pittsburgh’s drinking water. PWSA contractors replace a lead line on Burham St on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. PWSA has replaced more than half of the city's lead lines since 2017, including both the public and private side. (Photo by Kaycee Orwig/PublicSource ...
After bridge collapse, learn about Pittsburgh's worst infrastructure ...
Sep 7, 2022 · A section of Route 30, located in East Pittsburgh, collapsed early in the morning on April 7, 2018, falling about 40 feet after a wall above the route broke and caused a landslide. Debris and mud caused gas leaks, severed power lines and damaged the Electric Avenue Apartments, a senior living center, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Mapping Pittsburgh-area transit from streetcars and
Aug 26, 2019 · Editor’s note: The author of this article, Jake Berman, is a New York City-based artist and cartographer. Like most older American cities, Pittsburgh was built by the electric streetcar. In the beginning of the 20th century, mass transit in most American cities was a profitable business — one that was seamlessly intertwined with real estate development and electricity generation.