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** Pittsburgh’s decaying ‘Death Stairs’ are an indictment and an inspiration ([link removed])
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** Free the PD? Report urges Allegheny County to join move toward more independent public defenders. ([link removed])
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** Pa. House Democrats float $5.1 billion plan to lift state’s poorest schools ([link removed])
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** ‘Positive culture shock’ spells challenges and triumphs for Afghan teen students ([link removed])
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** The FAFSA crisis casts cloud of uncertainty over Pittsburgh high schoolers, universities ([link removed])
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* We closed the chapter on our investigative higher ed series,Opening the Books ([link removed]) . The final story looks atpresidential pay hikes at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University ([link removed]) as faculty's wages lag behind.
* Adelphoi Western, the nonprofit hired to reopen and operate the Shuman Juvenile Detention Center,countersued Allegheny County Council ([link removed]) , seeking damages for what it calls operational and reputational harm.
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