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We closed out this week at PublicSource with a story about Mark Steidl, a 29-year-old from Highland Park with cerebral palsy. Steidl, who uses a Tobii Dynavox communication device to talk in an electronic voice, is a disability and LGBT rights activist, works in technical support for a company that makes communication devices — and this summer, co-wrote an opera. Read more about their experimental opera here. ([link removed])
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** From ‘upsetting’ to affordable: Historic former home of steelmaker and city agencies heading for rebirth as housing ([link removed])
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** Innamorato eyes property tax hike to balance Allegheny County budget ([link removed])
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** Past PPS closures still haunt district parents. Families worry they’ll go through it again. ([link removed])
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