Gainey gives up Dem Party chair, endorses Peduto
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BILL PEDUTO AND ED GAINEY
State Rep. Ed Gainey, D-East Liberty, has scheduled a 2 p.m. press conference for March 27 to announce he is relinquishing the Democratic city chairmanship he has held for three years to endorse Bill Peduto for mayor of Pittsburgh.
“I have tremendous respect for committee people and the process, but this year I don’t thi
Witness discusses Target stabbings
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DOUGLAS WILLIAMS AND LEON RAYMOND WALL the alleged stabber.
A 16-year-old teen girl, visiting from Tennessee, is now in critical condition, after she and several others were injured during a stabbing attack early Monday evening at the East Liberty Target store.
Authorities say, 41-year-old Leon Raymond Walls, a homeless man, entered a Target store
Harper indicted, to plead guilty
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On March 22 after a 36-year career with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, former Police Chief Nathan Harper was indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts for conspiracy, theft of public funds and tax evasion.
“We (PBP) are saddened to learn of the Federal indictments against former Police Chief Nathan E. Harper,” said a statement released by
Pittsburgh School Board extends Lane's contract three years
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THREE MORE YEARS—The Pittsburgh School Board extended Superintendent Linda Lane’s contract for three more years.
Last week Pittsburgh Public Schools unveiled a new district website, changing the way parents, teachers, and students access information. But some things in the district won’t be changing in the near future. On March 20, the Board of E
History Center host special panel on the Women’s Liberation Movement
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ALMA SPEED FOX former executive director of the NAACP (1966-71).
The personal became political for American women in the 1960s—the Equal Rights Amendment, Equal Pay Action, Title VII, Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court, and the National Organization for Women all contributed to changing gender roles and sexual identities. In 1968, the nation s
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