Pittsburgh-area lawmakers want answers on Allegheny County’s response to pollution at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works plant

Allegheny County’s patchwork of municipal governments is making it harder to address child poverty here

What would better police oversight look like in Pennsylvania?

Lawmakers from Allegheny County are considering the question following Antwon Rose II's death.

Allegheny County lawmakers unveil police oversight, training bills

The lawmakers drafted the bills after an East Pittsburgh officer fatally shot an unarmed 17-year-old.

Here’s how Pennsylvania Democrats want to improve police-community relations

Legislators met 4 miles from where Antwon Rose II was fatally shot by a police officer.

Sen. Jay Costa drafts legislation to get better pay and better training for officers at financially strapped police departments

Public-sector union PACs give lots of cash to Pennsylvania Democrats. Will Janus change that?

The president may think so, but other labor experts aren't convinced.

You’ve got less than a week to register to vote or update your registration

But you could have a lot more flexibility in the coming years if a package of voting reforms passes the Pa. General Assembly.

How Allegheny County’s state lawmakers want to reform voting

Their bills include proposals to permit same-day voting and voting by mail.

Proposed self-driving car law idles ahead of Harrisburg’s summer break

Stakeholders are "trying to come to the middle, where we need to be."

Pa. House unanimously approves bill to put Pittsburgh’s water authority under state oversight

On to the Senate

Two state senators from Allegheny Co. want Pa. to keep cutting greenhouse gas emissions

No, Darlene Harris can’t run for Pittsburgh mayor as a Republican

Neither can Phil Kessel or Daffy Duck: A lesson in Allegheny County write-in campaigns.

How Jay Costa wants to fix Pa.’s gerrymandered congressional districts

"I believe that most folks object to the manner that congressional districts are drawn," the state senator from Allegheny County said.

Where Allegheny County’s Harrisburg delegation stands on gun control

Including closing a background check loophole and allowing guns in schools

Pittsburgh Democrats want to raise Pa.’s minimum wage, but getting state Republicans on board won’t be easy

Whether your state rep. or senator supports raising the minimum wage depends on if there's a "D" or "R" after his name.

Where Allegheny County’s Harrisburg delegation stands on redistricting reform

We asked them. Some answered.

Bill introduced by state Sen. Jay Costa would force some addicts into treatment

Where Allegheny County’s Harrisburg delegation stands on abortion access

A state Senate committee today voted to advance a bill that bans abortions in most cases after 20 weeks.

Allegheny Co. senators plan to re-introduce this updated Pa. bill on self-driving car testing

But get ready for even more edits to the bill first.