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Pittsburgh’s real estate tax revenue showed signs of stabilizing last year, the city controller said Friday ([link removed]) , but financial danger will persist until the county conducts regular reassessments.

The controller’s annual financial report ([link removed]) capped off a busy week of news. Catch up on the week’s stories:
* New photos shed light on the final days ([link removed]) of a Haitian woman released by ICE in Pittsburgh.
* Springdale Borough policecharged another critic ([link removed]) of the department’s pact with ICE.
* How is remote learning, used during the NFL Draft, impacting Pittsburgh students ([link removed]) ?

Those stories and more are below.

✍️ Newsletter written by Charlie Wolfson ([link removed]) ,

Pittsburgh’s Public Source local government reporter & newsletter editor


** ECONOMY & HOUSING
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** Controller: Pittsburgh’s real estate levies stable, but future grim without reassessment ([link removed])
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A tax hike could further boost revenue this year, but Controller Rachael Heisler said Allegheny County needs to reassess property values to stabilize city finances.
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** You paid how much for that? Let’s dive into affordability. ([link removed])
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Are prices in and around Pittsburgh surging like an Allegheny County wave pool, or as placid as Pittsburgh’s Oliver Bath House before lap swim?
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Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures ([link removed]) welcomes Michael Chabon on May 11 for the last Ten Evenings lecture of our 35th season! Join us at Carnegie Music Hall for an evening with the Pulitzer Prize–winning author.

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** FIRST-PERSON ESSAYS
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** Beneath stains, my dining room table is layered with joy and anguish ([link removed])
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The table functions as a time capsule, in which each stored memory transports you to the next, through 20 years of family.
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** We believed the NFL Draft hype and have the leftovers to prove it ([link removed])
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In retrospect: The idea that people coming to Pittsburgh for the NFL Draft are going to independent restaurants or galleries or bookshops? If you believe that, I’ve got three bridges to sell you.
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** ICE IN PITTSBURGH
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** Photos: Haitian woman released by ICE spent 24 cold hours in bus shelter prior to death ([link removed])
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Daphy Michel’s death has increased the anxiety in Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Haitian community as ICE steps up immigration enforcement and protected status awaits a court decision. Visuals released by PRT show her last day.
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** Second critic of ICE pact with Springdale arrested on threat, assault charges ([link removed])
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A frequent critic of Springdale Borough and its immigration enforcement collaboration now faces charges from a Feb. 14 protest and recent Facebook posts.
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** Emails between ICE and local police show cash incentives and voter loss fears ([link removed])
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One area sheriff recently submitted for $194,500 in financial incentives from ICE, including $100,000 for new equipment. The money was not tied to the number of arrests the office has made for ICE, he said.
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** Embrace or shun ICE? These Southwestern Pa. counties and communities took stands. ([link removed])
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The federal immigration enforcement crackdown relies in part on the 287(g) program, in which ICE delegates some power to local police.
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** K-12 EDUCATION
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** From snow storms to NFL Draft week, remote learning leaves behind some PPS students ([link removed])
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Since the pandemic, remote learning has become a backstop when snow storms clog roads, heat waves threaten health or events promise to snarl traffic.
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** MORE STORIES
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→ Waterkeeper takes aim at Neville Chemical over thousands of water pollution violations ([link removed]) (Allegheny Front)

→ ‘Severe’ staff cuts begin at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, union says ([link removed]) (TribLIVE)

→ U.S. Supreme Court restricts Voting Right Act, but effect on Pennsylvania likely limited ([link removed]) (Votebeat)

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** LOCAL EVENTS
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🎤 Hedwig and the Angry Inch ([link removed]) May 2-June 7 | Greer Cabaret Theater, Downtown

🇬🇷 Greek Food Festival ([link removed]) May 5-10 St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Oakland

💤 A Midsummer Night’s Dream ([link removed]) May 15-17 | Benedum Center, Downtown

🎸 Millvale Music Festival ([link removed]) May 15-16 | Various Millvale venues | Free

👟 Pittsburgh Marathon, Marathon Relay, Half Marathon ([link removed]) May 3 | Start and finish Downtown | Prices vary

👋 Thanks for reading today’s newsletter. For any questions or comments, feel free to email me at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
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