Posts tagged with Jay Costa

Last Updated: Feb. 10, 2017 · 6:21 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On to the Senate

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

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

Including closing a background check loophole and allowing guns in schools

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

We asked them. Some answered.

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

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