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In a first-person essay, Sally Hobart Alexander writes about how her sixth guide dog, Ozzy, has allowed her to regain a sense of independence after 13 months without a guide.

Also, Aaron Fetty won an appeal this week, effectively ordering his reinstatement as a Pittsburgh police officer after he was dismissed in 2022 following a civil case over sexual assault. Mayor Ed Gainey's administration said it would appeal the decision.

In case you missed it, this week PublicSource launched EQT's Gas Play, an investigative environmental series that explores the politics, dollars and perspectives from communities in the Pittsburgh-based natural gas producer's fracking path.

Hollowed out, the inaugural story in the series, follows the complaint trail of four families in Knob Fork, West Virginia, where EQT has expanded its drilling operations. The families reported illness and VOC emissions to state and federal environmental regulators before they moved out of the village. Now, the EPA is investigating.

Check out the series and other stories we published this week below. ⬇️

After 410 days unable to run errands, a new guide dog brings ‘the elation of independence’

Pittsburgh officer dismissed over sexual assault case wins court fight

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How Pittsburgh-based EQT’s expansion in West Virginia set four families reeling, while state regulators trusted the company to answer their complaints

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ICYMI FROM LAST WEEK

We launched the first two stories in a higher education investigation series, Opening the Books, which looks at how Pittsburgh's wealthiest universities invest their billions. Read the first story on how the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University have boosted their endowments through private offshore investments that raise questions about transparency.
The second piece looks at the billions of research dollars funneled into CMU from the U.S Department of Defense, and why some students are pushing back against the funding.

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