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Pittsburgh

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Social Media

Warning: These Social Media Rules Will Erode Civil Liberties

Plus: Pittsburgh lowers prostitution penalty, FSC v. Paxton, the Diddy verdict, and more…

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.9.2025 12:35 PM

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Local Government

Brickbat: Crappy Conditions

Charles Oliver | 2.10.2025 4:00 AM

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Housing Policy

D.C.'s COVID-Era Eviction Policies Come Back To Bite

Plus: Massachusetts NIMBYs get their day in court, Pittsburgh one-step forward, two-steps back approach to zoning reform, and a surprisingly housing-heavy VP debate.

Christian Britschgi | 10.8.2024 1:15 PM

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Pennsylvania

Brickbat: Mistyped Tickets

Charles Oliver | 5.29.2024 4:00 AM

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Housing Policy

Is America's Primary Affordable Housing Policy Unconstitutional?

Pittsburgh-area developers argue in a new lawsuit that the city's requirement that they include affordable units in their projects is an unconstitutional taking.

Christian Britschgi | 5.13.2022 4:45 PM

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Housing Policy

Pittsburgh Will Force Private Developers To Build Affordable Housing

These "inclusionary zoning" policies have a record of increasing housing costs and suppressing new housing supply.

Christian Britschgi | 4.21.2022 2:30 PM

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Mandatory Minimums

Man With No Criminal History Gets 5-Year Sentence for Selling Weed

The federal mandatory minimum didn't leave many options.

Marc Gunther | 3.8.2022 3:45 PM

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Infrastructure

Pennsylvania's Fuel Tax Is Supposed To Fund Bridge Repair. Billions Went to Cops Instead.

Pennsylvania has one of the nation's highest gas taxes, but those user fees haven't helped fix the state's poor roads and bridges.

Eric Boehm | 2.1.2022 11:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: I'll Move When I'm Ready

Charles Oliver | 12.21.2020 4:00 AM

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Civil Asset Forfeiture

DEA Will Return $82K Life Savings It Seized From an Elderly Pittsburgh Man and His Daughter

Neither Terry Rolin or his daughter were ever charged with a crime, but that didn't stop the DEA from trying to seize more than $82,000 from them through civil asset forfeiture.

C.J. Ciaramella | 3.4.2020 3:19 PM

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Education

An Alt School in Steel City

Abby W. Schachter | 5.21.2019 6:00 AM

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