On today’s episode of The Confluence: Earlier this month, Pittsburgh mayor Ed Gainey proposed changes to split the city’s art commission into two bodies, one for structure designs and landscapes and one for public art, we discuss what these changes mean, and the history of the commission; the Women’s Law Project helps minors seeking judicial bypass in Pennsylvania, and since the Dobbs decision, they’re calling on increased communication to better inform minors of their rights.
Today’s guests include: Bill O’Driscoll, WESA arts and culture reporter; Christine Castro, an attorney with the Women’s Law Project.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — An Italian heritage group in western Pennsylvania vowed to appeal a judge s ruling that Pittsburgh officials can remove a 13-foot statue of Christopher Columbus from a city
A Pittsburgh Italian heritage group argued that the mayor doesn’t have the power to override an ordinance passed by the city council in 1955 that cleared the installation of a 13-foot statue of Christopher Columbus in a city park.