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Council President Harris Defends City Work Near Her Home
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When city workers plowed her street first, it wasn’t hard to find some yelling favoritism. And now a KD Investigation has found that was just one example of what some might call...
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Council President Blasts KDKA Investigation
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — While the city of Pittsburgh was making budget cuts, public works crews were busy near the home of City Council President Darlene Harris. Harris admits she pushed for the work, but...
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New Pension Rescue Plan Means Higher Parking Rates
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As the clock ticks down to midnight on Friday when the state takes over the city’s pension fund, some members of city council tried a last ditch effort to avoid that takeover. “This...
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City Council Passes Another Plan To Save Pension Fund
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — City Council passed another plan to keep the state from taking over the city’s pension fund Wednesday. After summoning the mayor to their meeting, they quickly learned that he was...
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City Council President Accused Of Diverting Paving Funds
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh city streets are plagued with potholes and the city says it need every dollar it can spare to fix them. So it might make a lot of people angry to learn one city council...
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Mayor Asks Council Member To Drop Pet Projects For Paving
SQUIRREL HILL (KDKA) — Politics and paving go hand in glove. Streets like Beechwood Boulevard are in terrible condition and the mayor and council are pointing fingers. Today, the mayor took aim at the...
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Window Broken At Councilwoman’s Headquarters On North Side
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An investigation is underway after a window at the campaign headquarters of the president of Pittsburgh City Council was broken overnight. The building is located on East Ohio...
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Mayor Ravenstahl Outraged By Ticketed Fire Trucks
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There’s fallout following a KDKA Investigation. The mayor of Pittsburgh is outraged by the ticketing of fire trucks. The trucks were tagged outside City Hall while firefighters were...
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Emotional Corey O’Connor Sworn In To City Council
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Bagpipes and flags ushered in the swearing-in of four Pittsburgh city council incumbents today — Darlene Harris, Bruce Kraus, Patrick Dowd, and Ricky Burgess — and one new member —...
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City Of Pittsburgh Unclaimed Funds
You may have some money coming from the City of Pittsburgh. About 500 residents are owed money in amounts ranging from $2 to $18,000. You can look for your name on City Council’s website. If your name...
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New Allegations Leveled Against Triangle Pet Control
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Disturbing new allegations have been leveled against a local pet kennel. Pittsburgh City Council President Darlene Harris sent her own employees undercover into Triangle Pet Control...
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Lamar Advertising Targets 2 Council Members In Billboards
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Lamar Advertising is not happy about a tax on billboards that two Pittsburgh City Council members have proposed. So, the company has found a different way to express its opposition....
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Mayoral Race Wide Open With Ravenstahl Out
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – With Mayor Luke Ravenstahl no longer a candidate, the 2013 mayoral race is wide open. Mayor Ravenstahl’s exit from the mayoral race leaves just two announced candidates, City...
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Jack Wagner Running For Mayor
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — On two hours sleep after an long flight back from the Holy Land in Israel, former Auditor General Jack Wagner showed up at a meeting of the Allegheny County Labor Council late...
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7 Democrats File To Run For Mayor Of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s an annual ritual — candidates filing their nominating petitions; and on Tuesday, Jack Wagner showed up in person to file for mayor of Pittsburgh. “So how’s everyone,” he...
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City Council Debates, Takes No Action On Issue Of Officers’ Side Jobs
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh City Council decided to put off any major decisions about police side jobs, but still engaged in plenty of debate Wednesday. “What we’re trying to do is make a right out...
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Harris Withdraws From Pittsburgh Mayoral Race
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh City Council President Darlene Harris has withdrawn from the mayoral race. This was the last day to do so. Harris tells KDKA Political Editor Jon Delano that her mother’s...
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Harris Explores Independent Run For Mayor
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — n the last possible day, with just seconds to spare at 4:22 p.m. on 4-22, City Council President Darlene Harris changed her party registration from Democrat to Independent, making...
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Darlene Harris Talks Mayoral Race, North Side Improvements
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – City Council President Darlene Harris, who represents the first council district in the North Side of Pittsburgh, spoke with KDKA’s Rob Pratte about her political...
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Luke Ravenstahl Makes Rare City Hall Appearance
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Political insiders who work at City Hall say recent video of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl at work at City Hall is becoming a rare sight. Just ask city council president Darlene Harris. “I...
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Ravenstahl Weighs In As Darlene Harris Shows Interest In Mayoral Run
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The mayor hasn’t been seen much of late — so reporters seized the opportunity to pepper him with questions about the continuing grand jury investigation into his administration. He...
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Councilwoman Proposing Changes To Animal Care Ordinances
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Darlene Harris is proposing changes to the city’s animal care ordinances. Harris wants to require dog owners to meet certain requirements if they plan...
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Peduto Proposing Tax, Rate, Fee Increases
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — If you live or do business in the City of Pittsburgh, start preparing to dig a little deeper because you’ll be paying more to do either next year. Mayor Bill Peduto is proposing a...
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Pittsburgh Rewrites Rules On Naming Public Property
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh is changing the way it names public property as it considers affixing a former mayor’s name to a $2.3 million soccer facility he championed. City council voted unanimously...
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City Councilwoman Introduces New Ordinance Aimed At Protecting Pets
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The focus of a new ordinance being introduced by Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Darlene Harris is all about protecting area pets. The legislation gives police, firefighters,...
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Mayor, Councilwoman Kick Off Northside Sandwich Week
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — They make food from scratch, at Scratch Food and Beverage. The Troy Hill restaurant is hosting “Meat in the Middle,” kicking off Northside Sandwich Week with Mayor Bill Peduto and...
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Concerns Over New Pittsburgh Policing Policy: “This Is Just Not Safe”
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A new policy is aimed at freeing up Pittsburgh Police officers so they can respond to more urgent matters, but some say it isn’t safe. The new policy means you won’t always get an...
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Pittsburgh Policing Policy Continues To Change Following Backlash
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With dwindling numbers in the Pittsburgh Police Bureau, last month, Chief Cameron McLay announced that officers would no longer respond to scenes of a number of crimes, including...
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Light Of Life Mission’s Expansion Plans Draw Both Praise, Concerns
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Since the 1950s, the poor and destitute have found a meal and a place to sleep at the Light of Life Mission on the North Side. But there have been complaints about people milling...
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Pittsburgh City Councilwoman & Mayoral Candidate Defends Riding Circus Elephant
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh City Councilwoman and mayoral candidate Darlene Harris is defending a Facebook picture of herself riding a circus elephant. Harris says she posted the picture of the Shrine...
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Volunteers Clean North Side Homeless Camp For Earth Day
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In honor of Earth Day, volunteers showed up on Howard Street on the North Side to remove trash and debris from a homeless camp. Not far away, angry neighbors from the street above...
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‘Lowest Thing I’ve Seen’: Mayoral Race Takes Nasty Turn Over Homeless Camp
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Some people have set up tents near Mayor Bill Peduto’s house to protest a homeless tent city on the North Side. As of Friday morning, two tents were set up near his home in Point...
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‘Stay In The Damn Bike Lane’: Mayoral Candidate Makes No Apologies For...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A confrontation between a Pittsburgh City Councilwoman, who is also a mayoral candidate, and a bicyclist over the city’s controversial bike lanes was caught on video. Stu Strickland...
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Councilwoman Lashes Out, Says PWSA Didn’t Notify Residents Of Boil Advisory...
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh City Council members criticized the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority on Tuesday, claiming the agency knew about the problem that...
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ACLU Issues Ultimatum To Councilwoman Over Blocking Facebook Commenters
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The ACLU has issued an ultimatum to Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Darlene Harris. An attorney with the organization says he represents several...
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‘Separation Of Church & State’: Councilwoman’s Nativity Missing, Wonders If...
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Darlene Harris may have to put up some missing posters. That’s because her personal Nativity scene, a family...
View ArticleMost Incumbents Win Renomination, But At Least Three Upset By Newcomers
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Some of the biggest names like Rich Fitzgerald and Chelsa Wagner were all alone on the ballot. But there were still a few political casualties in Tuesday’s primary election....
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Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Wants Restriction On Some Exotic Reptile Pets
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Darlene Harris wants new restrictions on some exotic reptile pets. Harris wants people who own alligators, crocodiles, venomous snakes or some other...
View ArticlePittsburgh Councilwoman Darlene Harris Sues City Over Campaign Finance Laws
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Outgoing City Councilwoman Darlene Harris is suing the city of Pittsburgh, Mayor Bill Peduto and the Ethics Hearing Board and its chairperson over campaign finance reporting rules....
View Article‘Darlene Harris Day’ Declared In Pittsburgh After Councilwoman Harris’ Last...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA)- It marked the end of an era on Monday for Pittsburgh City Council. The long-time member from District 1 Darlene Harris served her last meeting. She had been a member since 2006...
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