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    New Hazlett Theatre sets the stage for some of the hottest new tech startups in town

    By Deb Smit | Pop City Media | Oct. 31, 2012

    Some of the hottest new tech startups in the region were unveiled at the New Hazlett Theatre Thursday, tackling everything from learning the guitar online to autonomous boats that monitor water quality.

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    Opposing big shale, candidate tries to gain traction in fracking hotbed

    By Emily Reddy | The Allegheny Front | October 26, 2012

    Half of all Marcellus shale wells in Pennsylvania have been drilled in the state's 23rd Senatorial District. One challenger is hoping opposition to fracking will help her defeat a pro-drilling incumbent. 

     

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    A day in the life of Rich Fitzgerald

    By Elaine Labalme | Pop City Media | Oct. 24, 2012

    It’s a late afternoon in August and people are busily setting up for the annual Mt. Lebanon Democratic Committee picnic on a sprawling lawn facing a tree-lined street. A procession of state and federal candidates arrive to mingle with supporters but the person who draws the most attention is Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald. As he bounds across the lawn, smiling and greeting well-wishers, a gentleman takes me aside and whispers, “He works 80-hour weeks, you know."

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    Pittsburgh Public Schools wants to be more competitive, fiscally responsible

    By Noah Brode | 90.5 WESA | Oct. 23, 2012

    In a wide-ranging discussion of education Tuesday, Pittsburgh City Council members heard about the Pittsburgh Public School District's goal of being more financially frugal and more competitive with its private counterparts.

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    Lawyer tells judge 300,000 Allegheny County properties still overvalued

    By Len Barcousky| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Oct. 24, 2012

    As many as 300,000 Allegheny County property owners could see new, lower real estate values if the judge overseeing reassessment agrees that the original results continue to discriminate against people in poorer neighborhoods.

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    Kathleen Kane denounces ad attacking opponent David Freed

    By Jeremy Roebuck | The Philadelphia Inquirer | Oct. 24, 2012

    The Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania attorney general came to the defense of an unlikely target Tuesday - her opponent.

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    Gas glut may be good for cracker plant

    By Rachel Morgan | Shale Reporter | Oct. 24, 2012

    The reasons for Shell to move into Beaver County, Pa. keep piling up. The Marcellus boom has brought with it a gas glut, bringing natural gas prices to near-record lows.

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    Meet the folks behind popular Facebook page "Abandoned, Old & Interesting Places — Western PA."

    By Nick Keppler | Pittsburgh City Paper | Oct. 24, 2012

    Jim Harris compares his interest in photographing certain areas of Pennsylvania to the drive that leads undersea explorers to the wreckage of the Titanic.

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    Anti-violence coalition formed

    By Christian Morrow | The New Pittsburgh Courier | Oct. 24, 2012

    Love, of the Hazelwood African-American Forum, lost his son, grandson, granddaughter and two nephews to street violence, he said there was no one to turn to. Now he wants to make sure there is.

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    In Beaver County, the cracker is on the ballot

    By Reid R. Frazier | The Allegheny Front | Oct. 19, 2012

    For one GOP legislator, Pennsylvania needs to go full speed ahead with drilling in the Marcellus Shale. No looking back. And he thinks voters in his district will agree with him. The Allegheny Front's Reid R. Frazier has the first of three stories in how the Marcellus Shale is factoring into regional elections. 

     

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    Longtime Senator Arlen Specter dies

    By Mark Nootbaar and Peter Jackson | 90.5 WESA and Associated Press | Oct. 14, 2012

    Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist whose switch from Republican to Democrat ended a 30-year career in which he played a pivotal role in several Supreme Court nominations, died Sunday. He was 82.

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    Clinton: We are getting shafted on Shale training

    By Christian Morrow | The New Pittsburgh Courier | Oct. 17, 2012

    With the boom in natural gas mining, and with Black unemployment nearly twice that of Whites, African American Workers Union founder Calvin Clinton saw an opportunity to provide training for unemployed Blacks and low-income residents to take advantage of jobs drilling at the Marcellus Shale.

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    Out in the Open: LGBT issues are playing a role in this election, and the outcome could determine if it ever happens again

    By Lauren Daley | Pittsburgh City Paper | Oct. 17, 2012

    As Brian Sims watched President Barack Obama endorse same-sex marriage from his cell phone on an Amtrak train, a hand tapped his shoulder and a voice asked if he was OK.

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    Report says students carrying more debt; Pennsylvania has 2nd-highest total nationwide

    By Bill Schackner | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Oct. 18, 2012

    Average debt facing college graduates nationally rose 5 percent to $26,600 last year, with Pennsylvania's total second highest among the states, according to a new report that found indebtedness varied widely even among schools with similar tuition rates.

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    Meet 5 One Young World reps from Pittsburgh

    By Elaine Labalme | Pop City Media | Oct. 17, 2012

    Taking the global stage anew, Pittsburgh is set to host the 2012 One Young World Summit this week, from October 18-22. The international forum will welcome more than 1,500 delegates under the age of 30 from 190 countries in an effort to connect the leaders of tomorrow and allow them to share ideas and concerns with an eye toward meaningful, sustainable solutions.

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