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Happy Election Day! 🗳️

By the time this newsletter hits your inbox, the polls will have opened. Polls are open until 8 p.m. Need help finding your polling location? Check it out here. Voters also have until 8 p.m. to return mail-in ballots by hand delivery to the elections office at 542 Forbes Ave.

Before heading to the polls, read local government reporter Charlie Wolfson's brief overview of the Allegheny County executive and DA races. Learn about other elections for other offices with a voter guide created in partnership with Pittsburgh City Paper.

Mail-in ballot results will be released by the county at 8 p.m. Election Day votes will be reported by precinct, gradually, starting around 9 p.m. Follow @PublicSourcePA on X (formerly Twitter) for updates from reporters, and check publicsource.org for updates as soon as results are clear.

Now to other news of the day. ⬇️

Our top story

Polls open as contentious Allegheny County elections wind down

Sara Innamorato and Joe Rockey finish their race for Allegheny County executive today as voters make their decisions on that contest and the DA race. An unusually expensive and competitive local election cycle concludes.

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Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures welcomes bestselling author and distinguished medical doctor Abraham Verghese to the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall on Nov. 13, with his highly anticipated second novel, The Covenant of Water. Enjoy the 2023/24 Ten Evenings season from the comfort of your home by livestreaming individual lectures or purchasing a subscription at pittsburghlectures.org.

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Nonprofits require support and partnership to continue transforming SWPA

Half baked? Pact for East End development has mayor hungry for more affordable housing

Building relationships with people — not institutions — revived my almost-abandoned academic career

WANT MORE? WE'RE ON IT..

Allegheny Reproductive Health Center and Mate Fertility plan to open a trans-inclusive fertility clinic in Pittsburgh within a year. The partners want to make fertility care — including for transgender individuals — more affordable and accessible.

Pittsburgh’s best film festival, the Three Rivers Film Festival, runs November 8-15, followed by Pittsburgh Shorts and Script Competition November 16-19. Both fests will showcase incredible films from around the world and host fun parties and other events. For more information, visit FilmPittsburgh.org.

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