Strikes, School Consolidation & Deer Counts on the Rise
It’s the Friday news roundup! Archers have taken out a surprising number of deer in Pittsburgh parks; the city school board is considering closures (again); and many of our city’s institutions are striking — or thinking about going on strike. Plus, an update on Pittsburgh’s bid for a new energy production center.
We love to cite our sources:
- WESA covered declining enrollment at Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have been on strike for a year, with ongoing coverage from the strike paper, the Pittsburgh Union Progress
- TribLive reported that nurses at Allegheny General Hospital voted in favor for a possible strike
- The Pittsburgh Film Worker Solidarity Market is this coming Saturday
- We spoke with Spotlight PA reporter Kate Huangpu about why our state wants hydrogen hubs
- Learn more about the upcoming hydrogen hubs from PublicSource and WESA
- WESA reported that archers killed four deer during the first weekend of the city’s deer management program
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