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💸 PA House Moves on Transit Funding

The House Transportation Committee approved legislation to direct nearly $300 million in new funding to PA’s transit agencies in the next state budget — and it's headed to the full House for a vote. The funding would come from a share of the state sales tax revenue. [Pennsylvania Capital-Star]

• 🚎 This funding could save Pittsburgh Regional Transit from making dire service cuts and fare increases. A similar bill passed in the House last year, but it wasn’t considered in the GOP-controlled Senate. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

🏡 Developers Can Now Build on Smaller Lots

City Council approved a bill that’ll allow developers to build on smaller lots, freeing up more land for residential construction.

• ➡️ Some council members were reluctant to support the bill, worrying it could hold up broader zoning changes, such as the inclusionary zoning package Mayor Ed Gainey proposed. [TribLive]
• 🚧 Inclusionary zoning requires a certain number of affordable units in new builds. Here’s how it’s currently in play in Lawrenceville. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

📖 Pittsburgh Author Wins Pulitzer Prize

CMU history professor Edda Fields-Black won a Pulitzer Prize for her book, “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War,” the story of Tubman’s leadership in a 1863 raid that leveled rice plantations and freed more than 750 enslaved people in South Carolina. [90.5 WESA]

• 📚 The Great Pittsburgh Book Crawl starts this Saturday. Check out some of these indie bookstores. [📝 Hey Pittsburgh]

Introducing Neighbor shoutouts 📣 This is where City Cast Pittsburgh Neighbors get to shine a light on their fave local people and spots.

• 📚 Tom U. want to give some love to Beyond Bedtime Books in Dormont because it’s a “great local bookstore with a very knowledgeable and friendly owner.”
• 💪 Gretchen S. says Essential Strength in East Liberty is an “excellent program for those wanting to increase strength and mobility!”
• ⬆️ Plus, G4, who’s from out of town, loved their visit to East Liberty and how easily accessible it is to Downtown.
• ⭐ Amy K. is inspired by the success stories from Pennsylvania Women Work, an organization that helps people in transition find and keep fulfilling, family-sustaining careers.

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