Pittsburgh tentatively moves forward with a city Juneteenth event

Pittsburgh is poised to launch a city-run Juneteenth event this year. City Council preliminarily approved a $125,000 contract with Bounce Marketing and Events to put on a festival next month. But the organizer of a long-running Juneteenth festival says he should have been given that money.

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