A Q&A with Allegheny County’s Rich Fitzgerald

The term-limited county executive goes over his last 12 years in office – and what’s next for him.

• By Justin Sweitzer
• January 30, 2023

Mudslinging taints Allegheny County Council race

Bethany Hallam and Joanna Doven have been trading barbs on social media.

• By Justin Sweitzer
• January 27, 2023

Court rules State House special elections will be held on Feb. 7

Voters in western Pennsylvania will head to the polls next month to select legislators for three vacant districts.

• By Harrison Cann and Justin Sweitzer
• January 13, 2023

Nearly 30 years after the ADA, local transit agencies are getting federal funds to make them more accessible

Philly and Pittsburgh are among the cities receiving money from the Federal Transit Administration

• By SPECIAL TO CITY & STATE
• December 22, 2022

Almost a year later, Wolf and Pittsburgh leaders announce reopening of Fern Hollow Bridge

The bridge collapsed in January just as Joe Biden was set to visit Pittsburgh to discuss infrastructure improvements.

• By Justin Sweitzer
• December 21, 2022

Two state lawmakers want to audit Philadelphia and Pittsburgh sports stadiums.

They say the move would reveal the true value of the teams for taxpayers.

• By Harrison Cann
• December 15, 2022

Democrat Barb Warwick is sworn in as Pittsburgh’s newest City Council member

Warwick said she pledges to be ‘proactive and persistent’ on City Council.

• By Justin Sweitzer
• December 12, 2022

Coffee shops have become the most buzzworthy unionizing battleground

City & State explores what’s behind the worker-led drive to unionize at Starbucks and similar places in Pennsylvania.

• By Justin Sweitzer
• September 9, 2022

The ‘Trojan Horse’ and the workforce: Job threats are focus of discussion during House hearing on cybersecurity

State Government Committee hears testimony from experts on the threats facing local and state governments in the commonwealth.

• By Harrison Cann
• August 24, 2022

Lawmakers remember trailblazing Black speaker with ‘K. Leroy Irvis Day of Action’

In 1977, Irvis was the first Black man elected speaker of a state legislature since Reconstruction

• By Justin Sweitzer
• May 23, 2022

Meet four Pittsburgh residents changing the city through media, art and activism

Pittsburgh natives and transplants alike are making an impact in the Steel City

• By Atiya Irvin-Mitchell
• April 20, 2022

Pittsburgh’s Easter eggs: historic sites and outdoor adventures hidden in plain sight

Politicos share their favorite secret spaces considered hidden gems in the Steel City.

• By Harrison Cann
• April 14, 2022

The 2022 Pittsburgh Power 100

The people exerting the most influence in the City of Bridges.

• By City & State
• April 11, 2022

Biden touts infrastructure funding after Pittsburgh bridge collapse

• By Justin Sweitzer
• January 28, 2022

Pennsylvania’s History Code fails the sniff test, needs a rewrite

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• By David Rotenstein
• January 13, 2022

Bellevue Strategies expands to Pittsburgh, merges with Philly firm

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• By Harrison Cann
• January 7, 2022

Ed Gainey is sworn in as Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor

• By Harrison Cann
• January 3, 2022

Pittsburgh and Glasgow approach one-year sister-city anniversary

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• By Harrison Cann
• October 26, 2021

Pittsburgh officials call on new UPMC CEO to better support the region

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• By Harrison Cann
• August 3, 2021

Ed Gainey hopes to usher in a more equitable Pittsburgh

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• By Justin Sweitzer
• July 19, 2021