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Few states have had as long a history of domestic extremism — or as violent a recent past — as Pennsylvania. Are there any reasons why? Sunday's A1 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: post-gazette.com/news/crime-cou…

NEW: A review of Pittsburgh's violence prevention program by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette found significant gaps in reporting mechanisms. Among them, officials have failed to send mandatory reports to the City Controller's Office for more than a year. w/ Hallie Lauer: post-gazette.com/news/politics-…

A key city violence prevention program lacks reporting and transparency: Great analysis by Laura Esposito & Hallie Lauer post-gazette.com/news/politics-…

"Loyalty to [Trump] is more important than to the Constitution," an officer who defended the Capitol building during the insurrection tells me, referring to the sweeping pardons for rioters. "Are we really a country of law and order anymore?" post-gazette.com/news/politics-…

"Are we really a country of law and order?" An officer attacked by the mob on Jan. 6, 2021 calls Trump's pardons of the insurrectionists — including those who beat police — "incomprehensible and devastating" post-gazette.com/news/politics-… by Laura Esposito

Cold weather was also a likely contributor to this— gun violence tends to spike when it’s hot in the summer & slow down in the winter months, experts say. Fewer people gathering or meeting up outside leave less opportunities for violence to start.

In Pennsylvania, which stands out among other states for its history —both recent and past — of political violence and extremism, leaders and experts are amping up their efforts to mitigate tensions before they manifest into action: post-gazette.com/news/politics-…

Trump's administration is moving forward with mass deportation plans as promised. Here's what we know about how the new policies could impact the Pittsburgh region: post-gazette.com/news/politics-…

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s chief of staff, Jake Wheatley, resigns with just months to go before the city's mayoral primary post-gazette.com/local/city/202… by Laura Esposito

This afternoon, a jury began deliberations in the case of Calvin Crew, a man accused of kidnapping, robbing and killing his Uber driver in 2022. post-gazette.com/news/crime-cou…

Scoop w/ Hal B. Klein: Less than a year after Pittsburgh's Novo Asian Food Hall's splashy opening, owners & operators are accusing founder Alex Tang of a "scheme to defraud" their businesses so he can take them over, according to a lawsuit. post-gazette.com/news/crime-cou…

BREAKING — Marc Fogel, recently released after more than three years of imprisonment in Russia, returned home to Western Pennsylvania this evening, sources confirmed: post-gazette.com/news/politics-…

Several Pittsburgh-area Veterans Affairs employees were fired, the department confirmed, and cuts that advocates say would hinder critical veterans’ health services remain pending: post-gazette.com/news/politics-…

The attack on Governor Josh Shapiro's family is part of an alarming rise in political violence in the US. DDP PA’s Melissa Hart warns “we have to fix it, or we're not going to get the best and the brightest to run this country." Read Benjamin Kail Laura Esposito: post-gazette.com/news/politics-…

Nearly a decade ago, a real-time safety app promising alerts about nearby crime and emergencies gained a reputation for being popular, problematic and potentially harmful to the communities where it operates. Now, it’s coming to Pittsburgh: post-gazette.com/news/crime-cou…

Changes likely coming to the city’s Stop the Violence trust fund after hours of debate post-gazette.com/news/politics-… by Hallie Lauer and Laura Esposito

A year after the assassination attempt of then-candidate Donald Trump, I wrote about the people and communities forever altered by the most high-profile act of political violence in decades: post-gazette.com/news/politics-…

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Friday was my final day at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. These two years have been filled with highlights — from breaking national news to the recent legislation passed following our series that exposed systemic failures in the city’s violence prevention program. Excited for what's next!