As a queer Jewish woman and Graduate School of Public and International Affairs student, Lita Brillman considers herself a “starfish candidate” while she runs for Pittsburgh City Council District 5.
Solar United Neighbors (SUN) celebrated the first of several free solar panel installations for low- to moderate-income homeowners in Allegheny County on Thursday. The effort is part of a move to make the switch to green energy more equitable.
A candidate who planned to run as a Democrat for Pittsburgh City Council’s District 5 seat will not appear on the May primary ballot. Matthew Mahoney, 38, of Greenfield, said a review of nominating petitions he filed revealed 12 “defective signatures,” disqualifying him from getting on the primary ballot. Candidates
Months after being sworn in, Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Barb Warwick, D-Greenfield, is preparing to face two Democratic challengers in the May primary as she looks to keep the seat she won in a special election in November. Warwick, who joined council in December, filled a seat left vacant by Corey