🌿 Will PA legalize recreational cannabis?

🌿 Will PA Legalize Recreational Cannabis?

Two PA lawmakers, including Pittsburgh's Emily Kinkead, released a bipartisan plan to legalize recreational cannabis. They want to establish an independent commission to regulate both recreational and medical cannabis — and say legalization could create more than 30,000 jobs and a new revenue stream to invest in education, healthcare, and infrastructure.

• 🖋️ The lawmakers are looking for co-sponsors for their cannabis legislation. [Forbes]
• ⚖️ Weed is legal in all but one of our neighboring states. When will PA catch up? [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

🍎 Federal Cuts Could Affect Food at Pgh Schools

The USDA recently announced it would cancel $10 million in Farm to School grants awarded to states and school districts — funding that has previously provided Pittsburgh Public Schools with $200,000 for fresh salad bars, school gardens, and nutritional education.

• 💸 PPS currently gives free meals to all students, but that could change under spending cuts proposed by Republican lawmakers. [90.5 WESA]
• 🏫 Hear superintendent Wayne Walters talk about funding uncertainties. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

🚍 University Bus Line To Open in June

Pittsburgh Regional Transit will start using the exclusive bus lanes between Oakland and Downtown on June 22. The goal is to prevent buses from bunching up during rush hour traffic. PRT eventually wants to extend the rapid transit system to Squirrel Hill and Greenfield. [Union Progress]

• 💸 Pittsburgh’s transit agency is in a financial crisis. Here’s what services could get cut next year if it doesn’t get more funding from the state. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
• 📣 Concerned about cuts? Make your voice heard at PRT’s public meeting on April 29.