🚨 Nazis threaten Mayor O’Connor

PRT Launches ‘Bus Line Refresh’

Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s “bus line refresh” includes fewer line cuts and additions than its 2024 proposal and instead focuses on improving service along its most-used routes. PRT hopes it’ll lead to more ridership — and help them sway Harrisburg to better fund public transit. [🔒 Post-Gazette]

• Compare existing routes to proposed changes, and find a community feedback session near you. [PRT]
• PRT’s board just approved a $55,000 bonus for CEO Katharine Kelleman. [TribLive]

A Long-Term Increase in Short-Term Rentals?

Pittsburgh’s short-term rental market — think Airbnb, VRBO, and others — is surging leading up to the NFL Draft. But will we see these rentals stick around after April? Host Megan Harris is with Public Source's Rich Lord to talk about when and how City Council could regulate them, including licenses, daily guest registries, and more. [PublicSource / 🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

Judge Ends DOJ Effort To Get Trans Care Data

A federal judge in Pittsburgh denied the U.S. Department of Justice’s request for UPMC’s records on minor patients who received gender-affirming care. Chief U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon said that it would be impossible to provide truly anonymous records, and the government’s “rhetoric regarding gender-affirming care reflects callous indifference, if not abject cruelty.” [TribLive]

Police Investigate Threat Against O’Connor

Pittsburgh’s police scanner was interrupted Monday by Nazi songs praising Hitler, white nationalist propaganda, and a death threat against Mayor Corey O’Connor. Allegheny County Emergency Services says an unknown user gained access to the analog system. [KDKA]

• A local anti-facist group published the recordings, saying “this is a troubling event that is further proof that antisemitism and white supremacy are alive and well in Pittsburgh.” [Steel City Anti-Fascist League]

County Advances Bill To Ban ICE Cooperation

Allegheny County Council’s committee on public safety approved a bill that would limit elected officials and county employees’ interactions with federal immigration agents unless ordered by a federal judge. The full 15-member council could vote on the legislation as soon as next week. [📝 City Cast Pittsburgh / WESA]

Pittsburghers Protest War in Iran

Dozens gathered outside the City-County Building on Monday to protest military actions by the U.S. and Israel in Iran. Taylor Goel, Pittsburgh coordinator of ANSWER, said this is “another illegitimate genocidal war … It’s being done in our name. With our tax dollars. With our hard-earned money.” [TribLive]