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Today is primary election day in Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh is deciding between Ed Gainey and Corey O’Connor for the critical Democratic nomination for mayor. Polls are open until 8 p.m.

Read about today’s races and how to vote, and then come back to PublicSource tonight for the results.

Also, journey with PublicSource reporters Quinn Glabicki and Jamie Wiggan all the way to Western Australia for their investigation into how Pittsburgh metals company Alcoa is threatening a unique ecosystem as it tries to expand its bauxite mining operation.

AUSTRALIA INVESTIGATION

How Pittsburgh’s Alcoa is undermining a rare forest to fuel its global aluminum empire

“The forest has been taken to its knees,” an Australian botanist said.

Alcoa's Australian refineries drove flight from two towns, and its waste threatens a third

Alcoa’s Australian refineries have driven the decline of two towns and may have coated their surroundings with dust that residents say tested positive for radioactive elements thorium and uranium.

Alcoa said there’s no proof the dust in the community is linked to the company’s 150-foot mounds of bauxite residue. Dust tests by a local advocacy group found Alcoa’s dust signature 12 miles from one refinery, near a population center of 100,000 people.

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Part three in this investigative series will be published tomorrow and feature in Thursday's newsletter.

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.

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Who's running for Pittsburgh mayor? Get to know all four candidates and the biggest issues.
Both Democratic candidates for Pittsburgh mayor have benefitted from independent political spending, some of which cannot be traced to any individual donor.

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