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| What Pittsburgh's Talking About |
| | PA Attorney General Challenges Abortion Ruling | Republican Attorney General Dave Sunday is appealing a court ruling that recognized reproductive autonomy as a constitutionally-protected right and overturned a decades-old ban on using Medicaid to pay for abortions. In April, the Commonwealth Court ruled that the prohibition was sex-based discrimination; Sunday is appealing to the state Supreme Court. [Pennsylvania Capital-Star] | | Fetterman’s Chief of Staff Resigns | Cabelle St. John is U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s third chief of staff to leave since 2023. Her departure is the latest in a string of staff retention problems for the PA Democrat as he faces scrutiny over his health struggles and shifting political positions. [Axios / City Cast Pittsburgh] | | City Considers New Approach To Inclusionary Zoning | A new iteration of Pittsburgh’s contentious inclusionary zoning policy is headed back to the City Planning Commission. Instead of requiring developers to create affordable housing units in buildings over a certain size, the program rewards them with benefits if they set aside affordable units — or allows them to opt-out and pay into a (still-to-be-created) housing fund instead. [Public Source / City Cast Pittsburgh] | | | Duolingo Building Goes Up for Sale | The language-learning company is moving out of its East Liberty headquarters and into Liberty East, the mixed-use tower just a few blocks away that's anchored by Whole Foods. That leaves the roughly 77,000-square-foot property up for sale or lease. Duolingo hopes the building can continue to house its Mexican restaurant, Duo’s Taqueria. [TribLive] | | Sandcastle Water Park Opens This Weekend | The West Homestead waterpark is open this Saturday through September 7. Veterans and active duty military can get free entry for Memorial Day Weekend. Educators get free admission all throughout June. Check out more upcoming deals and events. [TribLive] |
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| | | Paging all book lovers! Pgh Book Fest is back on Saturday, May 30 with events starting at 10 a.m. at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main in Oakland. The Festival is FREE and brings together readers of all ages for a day of author talks, poetry readings, workshops, and more. | | Learn More at pghbookfest.org |
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| Pittsburgh Neighborhood Quiz |
|  | Test your knowledge of Pittsburgh neighborhoods and surrounding areas. (Francesca Dabecco / City Cast Pittsburgh) |
| Which neighborhood has an annual fundraiser where people climb Pittsburgh city steps? | |
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| | | "An essential part of every Pittsburgher’s civic education" – PGH Mag | | Peer beneath the glimmering surface of the Gilded Age when you join the Frick's national award-winning mansion tour, Gilded, Not Golden. Explore the lives and legacies of Pittsburghers past, from workers who made steel to magnates who made fortunes. | | Get Tickets |
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 | Dr. Robby bobblehead outside of Allegheny General Hospital. (Pittsburgh Pirates) |
| Pittsburgh is obsessed with the hit medical drama “The Pitt” — so much so that the Pirates are doing a Dr. Robby bobblehead giveaway at Yinzerpalooza weekend in July 😆 | | Noah Wyle better be throwing out the first pitch that day ⚾ | | — Francesca Dabecco | | Reminder! We won’t publish on Monday in observance of the holiday. |
| City Cast’s Mallory Falk, Natalia Aldana, and Natalie Rivera edited the newsletter this week. |
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