Let’s connect some dots: GOP legislators wouldn’t pass a Pennsylvania state budget that adequately funds human services and education before leaving Harrisburg for summer break. The frozen budget means frozen […]
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Letter: Cities have paved the way on social, economic justice
We were surprised by your recent editorial’s limited view of the city considering legislation to guarantee paid sick days, which you assert are “a perk, not a right” because they […]
Females, Felonies and Food Stamps: How House Bill 222 Could Affect Women in the Riverwards
The age-old debate between deserving and undeserving, having and having-not, has re-entered the limelight. Those caught in the local crosshairs: single mothers in the Riverwards — an area due south […]
City expands free summer meal program for kids and teens
The City of Pittsburgh is expanding its free summer breakfast, lunch, and snack program for kids and teens to more than 125 locations across the city. GrubUp will continue year-round, […]
Farm-fresh access grows in Pittsburgh’s urban areas
With the farmers market season in full swing, shoppers across Western Pennsylvania are looking to buy locally grown, affordable fresh fruits and vegetables. But not everyone has access to fresh […]
City expands free summer breakfast and lunch program for kids and teens
The City of Pittsburgh is expanding its free summer breakfast, lunch, and snack program for kids and teens to more than 125 locations across the city and will begin serving […]
Pittsburgh expands summer meals program for children
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto announced this morning that the city will expand its summer food program to more than 125 locations with a new initiative called GrubUp. The GrubUp expansion […]
City Offers Free Lunches During The Summer-Time
Schools out – and for thousands of kids that means an end to healthy meals provided by local school systems. “Unfortunately, in our community, we have some children that depend […]
Food Stamp incentive program expanded to city farmers markets
The City of Pittsburgh is joining with Just Harvest to promote a healthy new incentive for food stamps at 14 area farmers markets this summer. For the first time, for […]
OP-ED: Tweak the governor’s budget
Wolf’s proposals are good ones but could do more to help lower- and middle-income Pennsylvanians Gov. Tom Wolf observed in his March budget address that “Pennsylvania will not improve until […]
