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Happy Saturday! Here are some of the stories PublicSource brought you this week:
* Ervin Dyer writes in a first-person essay about helping lead “Your Story Matters,” an oral history project to collect the voices of Hill District residents ([link removed]) . The project tries to “unsilence” voices that were long pushed to the side.
* In partnership with 90.5 WESA, PublicSource is analyzing political ads airing in the Pittsburgh market. This week, WESA’s Chris Potter analyzed a Democrat attack ad about David McCormick's local business record ([link removed]) .
* Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission approved the replacement of a Downtown office building with housing and a potential restaurant. It told the developer to work with neighbors on noise concerns ([link removed]) .
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** ‘Go forth and tell our stories’: From harmful narratives to healing stories, words could turn the page for Pittsburgh’s Hill District ([link removed])
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** Spot Check: Democratic group revisits McCormick’s local business record ([link removed])
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** Penn Avenue partying leads neighbors to question new building ([link removed])
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** College Dems energized, Republicans seek ‘safe spaces’ amid consequential election season ([link removed])
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** Pittsburgh housing authority eviction cases hit speed bumps in North Side courtroom ([link removed])
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** Parks and planning spending, plus police officer target, trimmed in proposed Pittsburgh budget ([link removed])
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** The Glimpse: After bouncing from tents to shelters and back, Pittsburgh homelessness advocate finds an apartment to call home ([link removed])
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** ICYMI FROM LAST WEEK
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* PublicSource, through a request under the Right-to-Know Law, identified nearly $705,000 in city payments — starting in 2020 but mostly in the past 12 months — to Pittsburgh police officers who were fired, only to win grievances that compelled the city to make up their lost income. That figure could rise. Read our investigation ([link removed]) .
* In a first-person essay, Sydney Altfather shares her experience at the Pittsburgh Universities Believe Survivors march. For her, it brought home the need to continue fighting to eradicate sexual violence ([link removed]) .
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