1/29/20: Backed by corporate and public funds, "BizTown" opens for Pittsburgh-area school children
It's Wednesday, January 29, 2020. In today's episode: * Years in the making, Junior Achievement's "BizTown" opened in South Fayette this week, welcoming hundreds of school children into a mock "tow...
29 Jan 20208min
1/28/20: Peduto tells Washington Post he's "leaning toward" Bloomberg, Buttigieg for 2020 nomination
It's Tuesday, January 28, 2020. In today's episode: * In a Washington Post article addressing what it calls a "splinter" in Democratic unity in Pennsylvania caused by fracking politics, Mayor Bill...
28 Jan 20207min
1/27/20: Lead and sewage: two updates on Pittsburgh's water
It's Monday, January 27, 2020. In today's episode: * The newest round of drinking water sample testing shows that PWSA has dropped below federal action thresholds for lead, while a recently releas...
27 Jan 202010min
1/24/20: NYT's The Daily drops into Pittsburgh to discuss the swing state politics of fracking
It's Friday, January 24, 2020. In today's episode: * In today's episode of The Daily, from the New York Times, Pittsburgh and fracking take center stage — in what amounts to an argument for Joe Bid...
24 Jan 20209min
1/23/20: Turzai announces 2020 retirement
It's Thursday, January 23, 2020. In today's episode: * Powerful Pennsylvania Republican House Speaker Mike Turzai becomes the latest, and most high profile, legislator to announce retirement in 202...
23 Jan 20209min
1/22/20: More than a dozen state legislators have announced 2020 retirements
It's Wednesday, January 22, 2020. In today's episode: * With State Rep. Bill Kortz, an Allegheny County Democrat, announcing he won't seek reelection, the number of Pennsylvania legislators retiri...
22 Jan 20207min
1/21/20: Fracking has spread radioactive toxins, a sweeping investigation finds
It's Tuesday, January 21, 2020. In today's episode: * A newly published Rolling Stone investigation details widespread radioactive contamination caused by the oil and gas industry across the natio...
21 Jan 20207min
1/20/20: The late Pittsburgh playwright August Wilson on the legacy of MLK Jr.
It's Monday, January 20, 2020. In today's episode: * The Paris Review shares an archival recording of August Wilson on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. at a New York City reading in 1991 * And...
20 Jan 20208min
