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Mayor Ed Gainey says he will announce the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police’s new chief within the next two weeks. The mayor also confirmed to @WESAconfluence that his team met with the finalists yesterday to discuss priorities if given the role.
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After 41 years, Sylvia Poggioli is leaving NPR. She’s covered the Vatican and three popes, Italian politics, the civil war in the former Yugoslavia, the Gulf War, arts & culture. I talk w/ Sylvia today at 9A & 730P on @905wesa & wesa.fm
ALT Kevin Gavin and Sylvia Poggioli at a public media conference in 1998
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After 41 years as a foreign correspondent, @spoggioli1 is leaving NPR. She’s covered the Vatican, 3 popes, Italian politics, the civil war in former Yugoslavia, the Gulf War, plus arts and culture. What’s next for her? Listen to @WESAconfluence tomorrow! wesa.fm/show/the-confluence
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@PghBallet's new artistic director has held many roles in the arts around the world: from professor, to dancer, choreographer and activist. I talk with Adam McKinney about what drew him to Pittsburgh
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PA to end its contract w/the firm to review applications for mortgage help. @SpotlightPA's @char_keith: “They discovered new problems that made them so worried that they wanted to take over the contract even sooner than planned" at 9A & 730P on @905wesa & wesa.fm/confluence
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Laura Tsutsui. Producer for The Confluence, WESA's morning news show. Pittsburgh, PA.
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Steeler great, NFL Hall of Famer Franco Harris would have been 73 today. I spoke with him for @WESAconfluence 2 days before his death in December--just days ahead of the 50th anniv of The Immaculate Reception--the greatest play in NFL history. wesa.fm/show/the-confluence/…
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PA has its 1st woman & 2nd person of color as Speaker of the House; Gov Shapiro hints about his first budget proposal. It's our politics roundtable w/ @katieemeyer4 @JonathanTamari @timelywriter and @ByJohnLMicek at 9A on @905wesa & wesa.fm/confluence
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Some new homeowners won a lawsuit challenging property assessment appeals by school districts and the formula used by Allegheny County to set the value. A conversation with reporters @PublicSourcePA @richelord @juliazenkevich and @ORMorrison
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A new therapy approach treats mother & infant together to improve mental health outcomes and their relationship. @AHNtoday's Courtney Utz: We are really supporting healthy attachment bonding and the relationship" at 9A and 730P on @905wesa and wesa.fm/confluence
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I’ll be on @WESAconfluence this morning to talk about air pollution, inversions, and a rule meant to protect public health in the Mon Valley. Tune in at 9am!
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While striking workers at the P-G hope the favorable NLRB decision will soon bring the newspaper’s management back to the bargaining table, some have begun to feel the pinch of months off the job.
I'll be talking more about it with @WESAconfluence.
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We were planning to air it on Thursday, but this morning @WESAconfluence will be airing our interview with Harris. @KevinOGavinPgh did the interview Monday. Tune into @905wesa at 9am.
RIP Franco Harris
The @steelers legendary fullback passed away at 72, just days before the team planned to retire his number.
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GOP Sen Pat Toomey opted not to run for a 3rd term; on Tuesday Dem John Fetterman won that open seat and flipped it. We’ll talk with Toomey who blames former President Trump for Republicans losing that seat and other key races. at 9A & 730P on @905wesa &wesa.fm/confluence
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If you missed today's @WESAconfluence, you missed learning something cool: Why do parrots talk? This is part of our Good Question Kid series. The question came from Salem. So, why do parrots talk?
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PA secretary of state tells @KevinOGavinPgh, unsurprisingly to those who follow this, that PA will not have unofficial election returns on election night because counties can't start processing mail ballots before E-Day.
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PSU researchers have identified a rare hybrid of two western Pa. songbirds, the rose-breasted grosbeak and brightly-colored scarlet tanager. @WESAconfluence & @jillianforstadt report the species last shared a common ancestor more than 10 million years ago: wesa.fm/health-science-tech/…
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NEW via @WESAconfluence: @MayorEdGainey announces a committee assigned to select a new Pittsburgh Chief of Police. (Members include @1hood, Pitt law's @dharrislawprof & @POISEFOUNDATION)
Gainey says he expects to have a new chief by the end of the year:
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On @WESAconfluence: Pa law doesn't require the tracking of rape kits. The legislature is considering bills to create a statewide tracking system for rape kit. Hear the full conversation at 7:30 or wherever you find podcasts. wesa.fm/show/the-confluence/…
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Also: In January, 15 yr old Marquis Campbell was killed while waiting in a school van as classes let out at Pittsburgh Oliver Citywide Academy. WESA reporters @ORMorrison & @sarahschni looked into a plan that would’ve allowed him to learn from home & what that might have meant.