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Judge’s decision in state school funding lawsuit brings hope, concerns for educators

(Tim Tai/Philadelphia Inquirer) The Commonwealth Court decision found the state’s current school funding system unconstitutional, but did little to foreshadow the implications for school districts...

New URA director faces enduring problems with fresh-faced staff

Susheela Nemani-Stanger in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's office on Feb. 7, 2023. She became the URA's executive director earlier this year. (Photo by Eric...

A Pittsburgh doctor aims to take some of the trauma out of childbirth

Dr. Tracey Vogel sits for a portrait at West Penn Hospital on Feb. 7, 2023. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource) Trauma echoes through childbirth, and childbirth...

Lock the phone in a pouch? Students, staff debate a school’s bid to curb distractions

The main entrance to Obama Academy, a Pittsburgh Public Schools 6-12 school in East Liberty. Students are required to put their cell phones in...

Filings show six-figure checks and a competitive race for Allegheny County executive

Allegheny County Court House (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)   Candidates for the region’s most powerful elected position took radically different approaches to fundraising in a contest...

Gainey orders review of tax-exempt property

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey holds up an executive order addressing non-profit tax-exempt property after signing it in his City-County Building offices on Tuesday, Jan....

What’s driving shifts in higher ed leadership? Social pressures, pandemic exhaustion and declining enrollment

Carlow University President Kathy Humphrey speaks during at interview at the school on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Oakland. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource) Amid leadership...

Plan for Lower Hill concert venue passes crucial step

Light shines on a parcel known as “Block E” in a much-debated section of the Lower Hill on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Pittsburgh....

Pittsburgh Public, operating at half of its capacity, faces projected loss of nearly 6,000 students by 2031

(Photo illustration by Natasha Vicens/ PublicSource) The drain of students could lead to school closures, loss of funding and increased costs for PPS. District leaders...

Dozens of the Pittsburgh area’s top institutions are going through leadership changes. The turnover could echo for decades.

In government, higher ed, nonprofits and economic development, a slew of new CEOs, presidents and directors face challenges with fresh perspectives — and their...

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