Wolf: "These senseless acts of violence are not who we are as Americans. My thoughts right now are focused on the victims, their families and making sure law enforcement has every resource they need."

After a fire cost an elderly woman her life in a downtown Pittsburgh high-rise two years ago, Fire Chief Daryl Jones collaborated with the mayor’s office to push for legislation to require that all such buildings include sprinkler systems. 

However, after the legislation’s second consecutive week being delayed for final vote in city council Tuesday, it’s clear requiring sprinkler systems in all high-rises in the city is much easier said than done. 

County Executive Rich Fitzgerald presented his proposed budget for the 2019 before Allegheny County Council Tuesday night. 

Pittsburgh City Council Monday passed an ordinance that would amend City Code and give the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure the authority to regulate mobility and transportation that takes place on public ways.

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto stood with John Kwant, vice president of Ford City Solutions Tuesday to announce a partnership between Ford, the city, and the Department of Infrastructure and Mobility that will make the Steel City the first to participate in the company’s City of Tomorrow Challenge.