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Happy New Year! We hope you had a restful and jolly holiday season.

Our staff is back and not skipping a beat. A PublicSource team will cover the inauguration of incoming Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato. Be on the look out for that story later today. 

Until then, read today’s story on whether Innamorato can live in peace with a lively county council. ⬇️

Our top story

Innamorato faces an Allegheny County Council that clashed with her predecessor

The new Allegheny County executive has urgent problems from homelessness to the environment. She inherits a government system with a deep internal feud.
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NOT TO MISS

In 2023, Pittsburgh and Allegheny county news overflowed — and the shelters did, too

Beechview merchants hope immigration, transit — maybe even witchcraft? — will prove a magic formula for Broadway Avenue

Los comerciantes de Beechview esperan que la inmigración, el tránsito – ¿y quizás hasta la brujería? – demostrarán ser la fórmula mágica para la Avenida Broadway

WANT MORE? WE’RE ON IT..
  • In Beechview, doctors from Salud Para Niños — a bilingual pediatric clinic at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh — team up with staffers from local nonprofit Casa San José to provide primary care to uninsured kids. Read the story in both English and Spanish.
  • Since 2021, Beechview-based Casa San José met nine times with state legislators to advocate for undocumented residents to receive in-state tuition and state financial aid. Did it work? Read the story in both English and Spanish.
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