Allegheny County Council on Tuesday reelected Pat Catena as its president. Catena, D-Carnegie, secured an overwhelming, and bipartisan, victory. The vote was 13-2, with 12 Democrats supporting him along with Republican Councilwoman Suzanne Filiaggi, of Franklin Park. Democratic Councilman DeWitt Walton of Pittsburgh’s Hill District nominated himself and also received
Two political rivals in Allegheny County government are sparring again, this time over a proposal to raise the minimum wage for county workers to $20 an hour. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald claims the county council bill is legally flawed. Allegheny County Councilwoman Bethany Hallam, one of the sponsors of
Allegheny County Council on Tuesday voted to override a veto on a bill that bans new fracking leases on county parkland. The override marked the first time in Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s three terms that council overturned one of his vetoes. The bill bans new industrial leases at the