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Abigail Hakas

@thathakas

Your friendly neighborhood journalist. Staff reporter at Next Generation Newsroom. Union solidarity. She/her. DMs open for story tips. Signal: abigailhakas.67

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The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh πŸ—ž strike paper starts another week with @EdBlazina's report on roadwork, including Parkway East outbound restrictions for the Commercial Street Bridge, and a Abigail Hakas story on rural towns in W. PA recruiting residents with MakeMyMove: unionprogress.com

The <a href="/PGHGuild/">Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh πŸ—ž</a> strike paper starts another week with @EdBlazina's report on roadwork, including Parkway East outbound restrictions for the Commercial Street Bridge, and a <a href="/thathakas/">Abigail Hakas</a> story on rural towns in W. PA recruiting residents with <a href="/makemymoveusa/">MakeMyMove</a>: unionprogress.com
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Alcoa came to Western Australia in the 60s under a pretty sweet deal: rights to scarce water, low taxes and royalties. Now grassroots groups and gov’t are scrutinizing the Pittsburgh-based company and asking: Does its mining put drinking water at risk? publicsource.org/alcoa-mines-th…

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They're withholding labor from the PG until it follows the law/a court order and negotiates a contract. But meanwhile these Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh πŸ—ž members have made a fine Sunday strike paper, covering labor, air pollution, transit, college baseball and track & field: unionprogress.com

They're withholding labor from the PG until it follows the law/a court order and negotiates a contract. But meanwhile these <a href="/PGHGuild/">Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh πŸ—ž</a> members have made a fine Sunday strike paper, covering labor, air pollution, transit, college baseball and track &amp; field: unionprogress.com
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Randy Stoernell bags a lovely sunset. It's in today's PUP, along with Steve Rotstein's softball & baseball championship previews, Ed Blazina on a controversial Downtown bus stop and roadwork, and Abigail Hakas on a city effort to help residents fix sidewalks: unionprogress.com

Randy Stoernell bags a lovely sunset. It's in today's PUP, along with <a href="/SteveRotstein/">Steve Rotstein</a>'s softball &amp; baseball championship previews, <a href="/EdBlazina/">Ed Blazina</a> on a controversial Downtown bus stop and roadwork, and <a href="/thathakas/">Abigail Hakas</a> on a city effort to help residents fix sidewalks: unionprogress.com
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We have to brag about our wins at last night's Golden Quills Awards -- 3 plus a best-of-show for Steve Mellon and 1 for @EdBlazina, plus finalists Ed, Helen Fallon (2), @johnnysantapup, Brad Everett & Abigail Hakas. Way to go, team! (Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh πŸ—ž, The NewsGuild-CWA) unionprogress.com/2025/05/28/pit…

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.City of Pittsburgh is putting in better LED streetlights, Pittsburgh EMS grows into the future while honoring its Freedom House history, and the Point Park Center for Media Innovation Next Generation Newsroom's Abigail Hakas details a bump in logging in the Allegheny National Forest: unionprogress.com

.<a href="/Pittsburgh/">City of Pittsburgh</a> is putting in better LED streetlights,
<a href="/PghEMS/">Pittsburgh EMS</a> grows into the future while honoring its Freedom House history, and the <a href="/PointParkCMI/">Point Park Center for Media Innovation</a> Next Generation Newsroom's <a href="/thathakas/">Abigail Hakas</a> details a bump in logging in the Allegheny National Forest: unionprogress.com
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh πŸ—ž (@pghguild) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Striker Natalie Duleba speaks the truth at today's #NoKingsDay rally in Pittsburgh: When journalists are targeted, it's working people who suffer most. Rich owners like the Blocks will do anything but provide fair wages and worker protections. We won't let them win. πŸ“½οΈJason Cohn

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This afternoon, the NLRB requested that the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court hold Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in contempt for refusing to restore the health insurance plan that the court ordered be restored in March

Stephen Caruso (@stephenj_caruso) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy July 1st. Pennsylvania's budget is late. Trash collectors are on strike in Philly. Transit agencies are passing their doomsday budgets. The federal omnibus looms. The state House is in session. And the Capitol rotunda is mostly tourists rn. Follow for updates:

Happy July 1st. Pennsylvania's budget is late. Trash collectors are on strike in Philly. Transit agencies are passing their doomsday budgets. The federal omnibus looms. The state House is in session. And the Capitol rotunda is mostly tourists rn. Follow for updates:
Water Mark 🚰 (@otaymark) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pennsylvania Senate considers banning fluoride in drinking water statewide. The bill, dubbed the Fluoride Choice Act, would prevent fluoridation of any public drinking water across the state, a move that has sparked criticism from dentists and Democratic leaders. The Centers

Pennsylvania Senate considers banning fluoride in drinking water statewide. 

The bill, dubbed the Fluoride Choice Act, would prevent fluoridation of any public drinking water across the state, a move that has sparked criticism from dentists and Democratic leaders.

The Centers
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Good Morning West Hills Pittsburgh! If you like the content we've been sharing, go to our profile and give us a follow. Also, share our posts and help us spread the news. Thanks for following our content. x.com/whgazette #WestHillsPittsburgh #Pittsburgh #AlleghenyCounty

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A flurry of legislation has been filed in Pennsylvania to address a boom in data center development driven by the the rush of AI speculation. Via Abigail Hakas spotlightpa.org/news/2025/07/d…

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This week marks 1,000(!) days on strike. It shouldn't take this long to stop the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette mocking labor law and the courts. But as Ed Blazina puts it: "We get through with the kindness of strangers." Can that include you today? UnionProgress.com/donate

Tom Riese (@tomlriese) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Does the public (or even most state lawmakers) have a say in what goes into the state budget? It’s 18 days late and details are sparse. Here’s why advocates say the process needs to change wesa.fm/politics-gover…

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Shout out to Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO ✊, and everyone who stood with us and each other at today's It's Better In a Union bus tour stop outside United Steelworkers Union HQ. To join them in supporting strikers in the longest-running strike in the country, visit UnionProgress.com/donate today!

Shout out to <a href="/LizShuler/">Liz Shuler</a>, <a href="/AFLCIO/">AFL-CIO ✊</a>, and everyone who stood with us and each other at today's It's Better In a Union bus tour stop outside <a href="/steelworkers/">United Steelworkers Union</a> HQ.

To join them in supporting strikers in the longest-running strike in the country, visit UnionProgress.com/donate today!
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Update from Point Park Center for Media Innovation Abigail Hakas: "Governor Josh Shapiro signed a bill this week touted by Pennsylvania Lottery officials as a way to bring in millions of additional dollars for programs benefiting senior citizens, such as low-cost prescriptions and rent rebates." unionprogress.com/2025/07/23/pen…