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Heads up -- you're likely to see me and my colleagues at 90.5 WESA posting more about this moving forward. Cutting these funds would prompt an existential crisis for WESA and 91.3 WYEP, as well as independent public radio stations around the country. wesa.fm/90-5-wesa-stat…

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The Trump administration plans to eliminate nearly all federal funding for public media, including NPR and PBS. Pa. Democrats say they will fight the GOP efforts. Most Republicans declined requests for comment. bit.ly/42L9ZhV

Gainey says he has "delivered" on affordable housing. O'Connor calls the mayor's claims "disingenuous." Charlie Wolfson combed the data and charted Pittsburgh housing trends publicsource.org/pittsburgh-may…

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The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 is what established Corporation for Public Broadcasting – go read it – nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.

I'm interested in speaking with AmeriCorps members who were affected by recent DOGE cuts to the service programs. If that's you and you're willing to talk on background or on the record, please reach out to amurray[@]statesnewsroom[.]com

Scoop: House Republicans have altered a controversial plan to push SNAP food aid benefit costs to states for the first time - after moderate backlash Derrick Van Orden still stood up in GOP conference meeting this morning to raise concerns More details > politico.com/live-updates/2…

Garfield’s & Bloomfield’s fragile, art-focused business corridor is rattled by seemingly uncoordinated utility construction. We talked to about 15 businesses along Pittsburgh's Penn Ave, who said they were in "survival mode" amid construction disruptions. publicsource.org/penn-avenue-co…

NPR EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR. npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-…

To developers, affordable housing is a challenge bigger than one mayor wesa.fm/politics-gover… 90.5 WESA Julia Maruca

No free A/C units through LIHEAP in Pennsylvania this summer wesa.fm/environment-en… Sophia Schmidt 90.5 WESA

NEW: 'Thicket of red tape' for Medicaid in GOP bill sparks fears of coverage losses Doctors and critics warn that the work req’ts and stricter screenings that Republicans are rallying around will adversely impact rightful beneficiaries. w/ Berkeley Lovelace Jr.: nbcnews.com/health/health-…

Inside Penn State University's plan to close seven branch campuses across the commonwealth, amd the complicated internal board politics that the plan must clear. spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (The Associated Press) — Gov. Josh Shapiro warned Wednesday that the Medicaid cuts Congress is considering would mean billions in lost federal aid to Pennsylvania, hundreds of thousands of people losing access to the program and struggling rural hospitals shutting their doors.

Encampments along the South Side Riverfront Trail and near Second Avenue Commons are being cleared. Winter shelters are closed. Beds are full. A look at homelessness in spring 2025 publicsource.org/unhoused-shelt…

Allegheny County's $20M plan to combat opioid crisis includes housing, jail treatment program wesa.fm/health-science… 90.5 WESA Kiley Koscinski