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Proposal to reopen Northview Heights Elementary on the North Side brings some residents hope

WESA 1/15 10:33P Jillian Forstadt

Northview Heights Elementary, which closed during the district’s last round of consolidations in 2012, once served students in grades PreK to 8.

Pittsburgh Public Schools improvement efforts zoom in on third-grade math scores, racial...

WESA 1/14 10:30P Jillian Forstadt

Math scores in 2024 showed that 39.6% of third graders scored proficient or above. Still, gaps between Black and white students have continued to widen.

Pennsylvania Literacy Coalition calls for $100M to boost student reading in state budget

WESA 1/9 10:32P Jillian Forstadt

The Pennsylvania Literacy Coalition, launched this month, is working across sectors to bring awareness to what they’re calling a “literacy crisis” among Pennsylvania...

Pittsburgh Public Schools board to consider reinstating hybrid public hearing format

WESA 1/6 10:30P Jillian Forstadt

After months of ire from families and stakeholders, Pittsburgh Public Schools will consider cementing a hybrid public hearing format into its policies.

Penn expecting $467M windfall from COVID-19 vaccine royalty dispute

WESA 1/5 10:30P Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza | WHYY

At issue was how much the manufacturer could carve out to third parties before paying the university its stake of the profits in the form of royalties.

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New Terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport May Open in Early Fall

Pittsburgh Magazine 1/16 7:58A Virginia Linn

CHRISTINA CASSOTIS, CEO OF THE ALLEGHENY AIRPORT AUTHORITY. | PHOTO BY VIRGINIA LINN W ith the new $1.57 billion terminal now 80% complete, Pittsburgh International Airport officials are looking to...

House of the Week: A Lakefront Home in Mount Pleasant Township

Pittsburgh Magazine 1/16 5:35A Content Provided by Howard Hanna

1011 Lakeside Drive Mount Pleasant Township, PA 15057 Presented by Wendy Weaver Howard Hanna Real Estate Services E scape to Cherry Valley Lakeview Estates, where every day feels like a getaway! This...

Steelers Lost More Than a Game Against the Ravens

Pittsburgh Magazine 1/16 5:30A Mike Prisuta

MIKE TOMLIN | PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK O f all the disappointments associated with the Steelers latest one-and-done foray into the playoffs and there were enough that Mike Tomlin used the words...

Collier’s Weekly: The Free App That Makes School Book Bans Pointless

Pittsburgh Magazine 1/16 4:47A Sean Collier

PHOTO BY SEAN COLLIER A series of local school-board meetings has once again turned into a public referendum on individual books, as Pine-Richland School District has become the latest futile...

What’s happening to Hard Rock and Station Square, plus more Pittsburgh restaurant news

NEXTpittsburgh 1/16 1:00A Roman Hladio

Welcome to 2025, yinz. The new year is starting off hot with highly anticipated openings — some of which have been more than a year in the making. At the same time, seven popular or longstanding local...

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Pittsburgh’s First Women’s Sports Bar Opening Next Month

Good Food Pittsburgh 1/14 4:23A Emily Catalano

East Liberty is about to get a little more sporty. Title 9, Pittsburgh s first ever women s sports watch bar, is opening on Centre Avenue in February. The concept was...

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Tristan Jarry situation puts the focus back on Kyle Dubas

PensBurgh 1/16 3:24A Gretz

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images What sort of job is he doing here? It has been a very mixed bag. The Pittsburgh Penguins decision to place starting goalie Tristan Jarry on waivers yesterday has...

Pens Points: Fare Thee Well, Tristan

PensBurgh 1/15 11:00P rjnaugle2

Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images Pens Points has the headlines from what was a quiet day for the Penguins until it wasn’t. With two days off before heading to the road, Wednesday served as a...

Steelers hit on 2 picks in new mock draft

Steelers Wire 1/15 9:00P Curt Popejoy

The Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves in limbo in the first round of the 2025 NFL draft. Picking No. 21 overall puts them right on the edge of the top tier of talent in the...

NFL analyst calls out Steelers players, not head coach

Steelers Wire 1/15 7:45P Curt Popejoy

Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers season has come to a merciful end, there will be plenty of time for finger pointing and laying blame for why the Steelers came up short in the...

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Analyzing the Steelers' favorable cap situation

DK Pittsburgh Sports 1/15 6:00P Chris Halicke

Mike Tomlin said Tuesday he anticipates change 'on a lot of levels.' A big part of that change could be the roster. Not only do the Steelers have 26 impending free agents, but...

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