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This week: Lena Chen chronicles her journey of uncovering long-hidden aspects of Asian American history in Pittsburgh in a first-person essay, including its nearly forgotten Chinatown and its last “mayor.” Her discoveries made her feel less alone in a city she calls her second home.

Our reporters have been following the impending $400 million investment in the Hill District, including the City Planning Commission's approval of planned affordable units on Colwell Street as a part of The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh's larger blueprint to redevelop Bedford Dwellings. Residents of current Bedford Dwellings apartments shared their thoughts about how these impending moves will affect their lives.

Also, while the number of people being pulled over for minor traffic violations has decreased the year after Pittsburgh's City Council passed a bill, not much changed in the racial breakdown of those stopped.

Uncovering Pittsburgh’s long-hidden Asian American history made me feel at home — and I learned I wasn’t alone

Updated: With state funding in the balance, Pitt raises tuition by 2% for in-state families
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✨ Walk, bike, roll and enjoy the open road: The FINAL OpenStreetsPGH of the year is July 30 from Oakland to Bloomfield. 

On the Hill: ‘Take it down, just let me have one brick.’

Replacement housing for Bedford Dwellings gets city’s OK

New Giant Eagle and apartment complex could cause zoning changes in Bloomfield
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City efforts to address racial bias in traffic enforcement have reduced the number of stops, but disparities remain

A school voucher proposal derailed this year’s budget. What makes it so controversial?
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