👀 Have you seen this rare butterfly?

🦋 Zebra Swallowtails Return to Pittsburgh

After 87 years of no sightings, the beautiful zebra swallowtail butterfly has been spotted in Pittsburgh, thanks to more locals growing its host plant — the pawpaw tree — and, potentially, a summer heatwave. [NEXTpittsburgh]

• 🌳 What’s a pawpaw? Here’s what to know about this tropical-tasting fruit that grows in Pittsburgh. [📝 Hey Pittsburgh]
• 🐛 Discover more Appalachian creatures and plants with artist Rosalie Haizlett’s new book, “Tiny Worlds.” [📝 Hey Pittsburgh]

💸 Where Is PA’s Opioid Settlement Money Going?

Companies that made, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers have been ordered to pay $50 billion over 18 years to deal with the damage of the opioid epidemic, and Pennsylvania is supposed to get more than $1 billion of that. We’re talking about how it’ll be spent and who gets to decide. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

✅ Pittsburgh Land Bank Makes A Deal

The land bank plans to buy 13 empty lots in Perry South and sell them to the Charles Street Area Corporation — a neighborhood group that aims to build affordable homes on the land. [PublicSource]

• 🏡 Pittsburgh’s land bank struggled for nearly a decade, but it’s finally starting to make moves. Why did it take so long? [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
• 📣 Speaking of affordable housing, Gov. Josh Shapiro just called for a state housing action plan. [90.5 WESA]