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Pittsburgh City Council to hold preliminary vote Wednesday on American Rescue Plan spending wtae.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtae.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pittsburgh considering proposal to spend $335 million in covid relief cash triblive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from triblive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
AP President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus relief package, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington. With Allegheny County officials poised to allocate another round of federal coronavirus relief, some say the public should have more say this time in how the money is spent. “We need everyone at the table so we can really come up with some ideas that would make Allegheny County a county that really would work for everyone,” Democratic county councilor Anita Prizio said. “Particularly the marginalized communities in Allegheny County, who have been left behind, really need to have a seat at this table.” ....
Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Snow flies in front of a background of The Point and Fort Pitt Bridge as a storm moves into Downtown Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Pittsburgh City Council is set to vote Monday on a 2021 budget that doesn’t make any of the cuts to police funding that some residents have repeatedly requested. The $564 million spending plan introduced Nov. 9 by Mayor Bill Peduto doesn’t increase taxes. However, if federal coronavirus relief packages are not approved, more than 630 jobs nearly $26 million in cuts will need to be made in July to keep the city afloat, officials said. ....
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. About $5.3 million in the 2021 Pittsburgh budget will be moved from police to public safety to fund a new Stop the Violence initiative spearheaded by city councilmen Ricky Burgess and R. Daniel Lavelle. The initiative is among the police reforms adopted by council this year and is in part a response to public outcry for reform that began after the May 25 killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. Floyd’s death galvanized the Black Lives Matter movement and sparked national protests, including dozens in Pittsburgh. ....