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The front entrance of Allegheny County Jail in Downtown.

Opinion | Our community deserves better than the Allegheny County Jail

By India Krug, Senior Staff Columnist • February 16, 2022
Conditions in Allegheny County Jail are unacceptable and the product of institutional racism.
Dianne Peterson holds a sign criticizing county executive Rich Fitzgerald’s positions on environmental matters at a Fridays with Fitzgerald protest held at the Allegheny County Courthouse.

PennEnvironment hosts rally for clean air

By Sarah Shearer, Assistant News Editor • September 4, 2018
Citizens assemble at the Allegheny County Courthouse, waving signs condemning dirty air, as they meet for another Friday with Fitzgerald.
Alleghany County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Mayor Bill Peduto discussed Amazon, small businesses and Beaver County’s cracker plant in a town hall attended by 80 people Monday evening. (Photo by Jonathan Kunitsky | Staff Photographer)

Peduto, Fitzgerald face questions at town hall

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer • June 6, 2018

Citizens had a chance to address pressing issues like Amazon, small businesses and the ethane plant in Beaver County with some of Pittsburgh’s most important figures — Mayor Bill Peduto and Allegheny...

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