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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 ....
Mike DiVittorio | Tribune-Review Munhall twins Ainsley Kerr, left, and Kainen, both 8 months, compete for a Picklesburgh balloon while their parents, Tom and Allison Kerr, look on.
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The Allegheny County Council paved the way Tuesday evening for Pittsburgh to once again become “Picklesburgh” this summer. Council unanimously granted a temporary license to the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership to bring the festival to the city’s Andy Warhol Bridge from Aug. 18-23. “Every year, it gets better and bigger,” Council President Pat Catena said of the event. “After taking a year off due to covid, I’m looking forward to getting back there.” ....
A divided Allegheny County Council on Tuesday approved creating an independent police review board. The board won’t be created until 2022 and it will only have jurisdiction over Allegheny County Police Department. Other municipalities with police departments in the county can opt-in to the board’s oversight, but that move would need to be approved by their local governments. The vote to create the board was 9-5. In a statement released after the vote, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said he would sign the bill into law. “I look forward to working with our municipal partners so that we can include as many police departments as possible in this effort,” Fitzgerald said. “This bill, and the resulting board, will provide an additional avenue for public accountability from law enforcement in our region. This is a great opportunity for the region moving forward.” ....