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Spot Check: Well-funded AG race ad tries to tie candidate to ‘defund the police’ calls

The 30-second spot “Two Choices” is the latest investment in the state Attorney General’s race by the conservative Commonwealth Leaders Fund. It contrasts Republican Dave Sunday and Democrat Eugene DePasquale, renewing arguments about what kind of experience best suits the state’s top attorney and law-enforcement officer, and what company a candidate should keep.

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PublicSource wins four statewide journalism awards

Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures welcomes Pico Iyer to the Carnegie Music Hall on Sept. 30, for the second Ten Evenings lecture of the season. Pico Iyer will present his lecture on his latest book, “The Half-Known Life: In Search of Paradise.”

Tickets and subscriptions for the Ten Evenings Lecture Series can be purchased at pittsburghlectures.org or by phone (412) 622-8866 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

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Earlier this month, Mayor Ed Gainey's administration announced several measures meant to address Pittsburgh’s affordable housing shortage. The process of enacting those measures began Tuesday with a City Planning Commission briefing.
In 1933, Black laborers working in Beaver County were deported during the night to West Virginia. Historians say such events were all too common during the Jim Crow era and continue to resonate, NEXTpittsburgh reports.

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