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The University of Pittsburgh could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding due to Trump administration cuts and its athletics department regularly loses money. But a landmark legal settlement will force Pitt and other schools to pay more than $20 million a year to student athletes.

The university declined to comment on where that money would come from, while other schools raise ticket prices and student fees.
Pitt will have to pay athletes $20 million a year, but isn’t saying how

Peering into a gas driller’s pledge of ‘Radical Transparency’ 
This Pennsylvania County Banned Restraint Chairs at Its Jail. They Say Public Data Was Key.
Celebrate the North Side through stories, art and community at the launch of PublicSource’s new zine! Enjoy drinks and refreshments, make your own mini-zine, add to a community collage in MuseumLab’s creative spaces — and take home your copy of “Pittsburgh’s North Side: The people, the places, the stories.” Register here.

Winter shelter shutdown and moves to clear Pittsburgh encampments narrow options for unhoused people 

Trump decision to cut AmeriCorps could gut some Pittsburgh-area community groups
 
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News of pending involuntary mental health care tool stirs Allegheny County board 

Allegheny County preparing to start involuntary outpatient mental health treatment 

After the graduation walk come critical next steps for young people with disabilities 

Untraceable money boosts both Gainey and O’Connor in Pittsburgh mayor’s race 

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