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This week, Sara Innamorato was sworn in as the fourth Allegheny County executive ([link removed]) . Since her inauguration, Innamorato has announced raises for county employees making minimum wage ([link removed]) and attended the Jail Oversight Board ([link removed]) , marking herself against her predecessor who sued council over attempted wage hikes and came under fire for sending a proxy to jail board meetings.
Learn more about Innamorato's early days in office along with our other stories below. ⬇️
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** ‘I hope I don’t mess up again’ I thought on leaving prison. Now I help others say, ‘Look what I did!’ ([link removed])
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** Innamorato brings ‘new day’ to Jail Oversight Board, but deep issues remain at lockup ([link removed])
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** Pittsburgh’s smaller colleges teeter on edge of ‘enrollment cliff’ and tuition drought ([link removed])
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Over 12,000 Allegheny County youth have an incarcerated parent. Support families by becoming an Amachi Mentor.
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** Innamorato raises minimum wage for county employees, mirroring law Fitzgerald vetoed ([link removed])
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** As 2024 election approaches, voting officials worry Pa. isn’t prepared for misinformation ([link removed])
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** Innamorato sworn in as Allegheny executive, asking county not to fear change ([link removed])
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** Innamorato faces an Allegheny County Council that clashed with her predecessor ([link removed])
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Project T, a program of SisTers PGH, is our TRANSitional housing program that directly houses BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People Of Color) trans and nonbinary people of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County while providing them with social services. Project T has housed and supported dozens of survivors of violence in a community that is often left out of mainstream supportive services.
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* During the pandemic, the child care sector in Allegheny County received a $20 million boost in COVID-era federal funding. With the ending of that funding in sight, though, advocates and providers fear the same old problems will cripple facilities county-wide ([link removed]) .
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