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Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library working on tax logistics
Post-Gazette.com Neighborhoods
Feb 06The city of Pittsburgh will collect a new tax for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh beginning this year, but how much the latter has to pay for that service is a matter of discussion. City and library officials will meet today to iron out cost-sharing... »
2Do: Week of Feb. 5
Post-Gazette.com Music
Feb 05A kickoff reception for the exhibit "A City of Rhythm: A Tribute to African American Music in Pittsburgh" will be held in the lobby of the City-County Building, Downtown, at 6 p.m. The reception, which is free and open to the public, will include refre... »
Robert Morris bans speedskating coach from facilities
TribuneReview News
Feb 04Robert Morris University sent an alert to students on Friday night that an independent speedskating coach has been banned from all university facilities "as a result of allegations of improper behavior." »
Mayor makes city board appointments
Post-Gazette.com Neighborhoods
Feb 04In one of a handful of appointments to city-related boards Friday, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announced he was removing the city finance director from the Pittsburgh Parking Authority and installing another aide in his stead. »
Helen Bennett of Baldwin
Tribune-Review Obituaries
Feb 04Helen (Tarker) Bennett, 90, of Baldwin, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. She was the beloved wife of the late Alexander R. Bennett Sr.; loving mom of Alexander "Sandy" (Betty) Bennett II, William (Renee) Bennett Sr., Trudy Ann (Roger) Golt and George (Lori... »
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Union Groups Recommend $2 Billion In Savings.
The Morning Call Capitol Ideas
Feb 02A Coalition Of Organized Labor Groups ... ... has recommended what it says are cost-savings in state government that would negate program cuts to public education and other state services. Gov. Tom Corbett makes his second budget address to a... »
Tuesday Morning Coffee: House Speaker Smith Asks Federal Judge To Declare Legislative Boundaries Unconstitutional.
BlogCapitol Ideas
Jan 31Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. State House Speaker Sam Smith has filed suit against Secretary of State Carol Aichele in U.S. District Court asking for a declaratory judgment that the legislative boundaries that the Supreme Court declared in effe... »
Random n’at
That's Church
Jan 301. My Texan sister Tina Fey, as I call her because she has a wicked sense of humor and used to wear Tina Fey-like glasses until she went and got Lasik like the rich bitch she is (she will protest that in the comments, but I know the truth and that is t... »
North Side Redevelopment Well On Its Way
Out And About In The 'Burgh
Jan 29North Side's Garden TheaterThroughout the 1990s, one building after another on the Federal Street and North Avenue corridors of the Central Northside (Mexican War Streets) went dark because of the Garden Theater's then-status as a porn movie house. No... »
When a challenge isn't
Null Space
Jan 28Well, this is curious semantics. A news article just out says: Many city homeowners may find property tax payments reduced. In it one of the first lines is:"This estimate was released today by RealSTATS, which challenged University of Pittsburgh econ... »