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Pa. r**e crisis centers: We are not a budget line item.
Advocates hope to more than double it with an additional $12.5 million.

Pa. r**e crisis centers: We are not a budget line item Years of stagnant funding have squeezed Pennsylvania's 47 r**e centers. Their leaders want the state to contribute $12.5 million more.

Two years after Gaza encampment, expelled Pitt student awaits his day in court.

Muhammad Ali is among the last two participants in the 2024 encampments on Pitt’s campus facing unresolved criminal charges. Judges rejected his arguments of selective prosecution, and his plans are in limbo pending a September trial date.

Two years after Gaza encampment, expelled Pitt student awaits his day in court Muhammad Ali is among the last two participants in the 2024 encampments on Pitt’s campus facing unresolved criminal charges. Judges rejected his arguments of selective prosecution, and his plans are in limbo pending a September trial date.

New data shows vaccinations uneven at Allegheny County’s public and parochial schools.

A long slide in overall school vaccination rates reversed last year, but erosion continued in the youngest grades and some schools are well below levels doctors view as protective.

New data shows vaccinations uneven at Allegheny County’s public and parochial schools New data shows private, religious schools in Allegheny County have lower vaccination rates, with decline continuing.

Guest commentary: “Now four decades since the contraction of the regional steel industry, these communities have seen minimal redevelopment, and remain virtually trapped in an economic morass.

Braddock remains the poorest community in all of Pennsylvania, indeed one of the poorest communities in the United States. Duquesne is not far behind and remains a community unable to sustain a high school for its students.

Divorced from broader regional narratives, little new industry or postindustrial shift has come to Clairton or similar Mon Valley communities once wholly dependent on the steel industry.”

On Monday, U.S. Steel and Nippon announced $2.5 billion in investment plans for upgrades to the Mon Valley Works, which includes its mills in Braddock, Clairton and West Mifflin.

Read more of Christopher Briem’s guest commentary on publicsource.org.

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"One year in, Nippon’s purchase of U.S. Steel has changed much — but not the Mon Valley." Read Christopher Briem's guest commentary.

One year in, Nippon’s purchase of U.S. Steel has changed much — but not the Mon Valley The Japanese steelmaker’s acquisition of a former industrial giant has revealed new dynamics in local politics, organized labor and American culture without yet resulting in new Pittsburgh-area investments or improved fortunes for the Mon Valley.

U.S. Steel plans to invest up to $2.5 billion into upgrades to its Mon Valley Works, which it forecasts will generate $1.7 billion for the state’s economy, according to a Monday report from the steelmaking giant.

The economic impact is expected to include the combined dollars spent on things such as wages and construction costs associated with the upgrades, according to the report.

The investment will preserve the roughly 3,000 jobs at Mon Valley Works and create nearly 3,200 indirect and induced jobs over a three-year period, according to the report. The company projects the upgrade work will generate up to $58 million in state and local tax revenues over the next three years. It comes as a part of the company’s larger commitment to invest $11 billion into its domestic footprint by 2028, on the heels of a $15 billion acquisition by Japan-based Nippon Steel last year.

The investment includes a new hot strip mill at the Edgar Thomson plant in Braddock. The new mill will replace an 87-year-old hot strip mill at the nearby Irvin plant in West Mifflin, and will allow U.S. Steel to produce products for the automotive industry and other high-strength steels that the Mon Valley Works “cannot competitively produce,” according to materials the company has shared with community leaders.

“The Mon Valley Works is where the American steel industry was first forged, and this investment is proof that its best days are still ahead,” the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer David Burritt said in a statement.

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Parents say paid leave would be a savior, but employers say costs could shut them down.

Parents say paid leave would be a savior, but employers say costs could shut them down The Allegheny County Board of Health held a hearing on a proposed paid parental leave mandate for all employers, and heard both support and concern.

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U.S. Steel pledges up to $2.5 billion in upgrades to Mon Valley Works.

A year after the Pittsburgh-based company’s purchase by Japan’s Nippon Steel, the metals icon says it will secure the region’s place in the industry.
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U.S. Steel pledges up to $2.5 billion in upgrades to Mon Valley Works According to the company, the new plan will bring thousands of construction jobs and over $50 million in revenue to Pennsylvania and the Mon Valley.