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When Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato took office in January, she assumed responsibility for about 50 county boards and commissions. As her administration makes new appointments, it faces a tricky balancing act weighing institutional knowledge against the opportunity to give other residents a turn at the table ([link removed]) .
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Also this week, PublicSource published two more stories in its Opening the Books series, a multi-part investigation into how the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University invest their billions. The latest stories look at grad student pay ([link removed]) and the breakdown of tenure leading to greater reliance on adjuncts ([link removed]) .
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** Innamorato focus on ‘new voices’ reaches into boards heavy with longtime hands ([link removed])
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** Grad students at Pitt, CMU say their wages aren’t keeping up with rising cost of living ([link removed])
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** More professors lack job security. How does that impact teaching, learning and working in Pittsburgh? ([link removed])
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** Autism support in Pittsburgh: Where to go, what to ask, what’s available? ([link removed])
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** ‘Good position’ or looming crisis? City Hall divide emerges over Pittsburgh finances ([link removed])
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Join MAYA Organization on May 11 at Hosanna House for their annual Mothers’ Day Tea, a celebratory event that honors birthing people and brings together those working for better birth outcomes! Get your tickets here ([link removed]) .
** ICYMI FROM LAST WEEK
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* Pittsburgh's EQT has become a prominent voice arguing that the gas from the Marcellus Shale — shipped around the world as liquified natural gas — can be a key solution to the world’s warming crisis. Scientists say that’s dangerously false ([link removed]) . This is the second story in our series EQT's Gas Play ([link removed]) .
* J.D. Harlock expected to find opportunity and prosperity in the United States after fleeing Lebanon. Once in Pittsburgh, though, Harlock found "a Downtown unfit for even a McDonalds", a sloping landscape tough to navigate on foot and few job prospects ([link removed]) .
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