90.5 WESA Cornell Brunson describes the difficulties he had trying to collect Unemployment Compensation benefits. He was speaking May 6, 2021 at a rally outside of Gov. Tom Wolf s regional office in Pittsburgh.
Protesters, including a number of Democratic state lawmakers, called on Gov. Tom Wolf Thursday to pay unemployment benefits to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians who have been left without support for months as their claims languish in a growing backlog.
The protests – in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia – came a day after other advocates called on the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to postpone its upcoming plans to modernize the computer system that handles unemployment claims until later in the year, when fewer people are collecting unemployment, for a smoother transition.
Three-term mayors in Pittsburgh are rare, and incumbent Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is trying to join that club. But this year, he’s garnered some considerable.
A new mailer from pro-Peduto group Good Jobs Pittsburgh seeks to portray rival Ed Gainey as an ally of former GOP House Speaker Mike Turzai
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and state Rep. Ed Gainey were once political allies. But the mayoral race between the two men is growing increasingly ugly, thanks in no small part to outside spending groups.
An independent-expenditure committee tied to Gainey, Justice for All,
opened up the fight two weeks ago when it blasted Peduto as having failed to address inequality in an online ad. But Good Jobs Pittsburgh which is backed by a service-workers union and other labor groups is returning the favor in a mailer that denounces Gainey with an arguably lopsided depiction of his voting record in Harrisburg.
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People walk by the Pennsylvania Judicial Center Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will review questions related to the state’s use of force statute ahead of the homicide trial of former Philadelphia police officer Ryan Pownall. Pownall fatally shot 30-year-old David Jones during a traffic stop in 2017.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a pre-trial appeal that, if successful, could change how the jury interprets Pennsylvania’s use of force law. The statute offers police officers wide latitude to employ deadly force, something Krasner argues is unconstitutional.
“The people deserve a consistent and fair standard for when violence may be used against them by the state, in a manner that complies with our constitutions,” Krasner told WESA’s
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Trees and wildflowers are seen from a trail along the former Churchill Valley Country Club, now a green space in October. Allegheny Land Trust received a $1 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which will go toward their efforts to preserving the green space.
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Two years and $3 million of fundraising later, the Allegheny Land Trust has reached its goal to purchase the former Churchill Country Club, the nonprofit announced Thursday – which serendipitously fell on Earth Day.