Liz Reid
90.5 WESA
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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UPMC Inoculates Remote Employees, While Other Frontline Workers Wait For COVID Vaccine
When a UPMC service coordinator received notification this month that it was her turn to get the COVID vaccine, she was surprised. → Read More
Dec. 5-11 Explained: Coronavirus Shutdown Lite, PPS Budget Shortfall & New Trump Voters
On this week’s Explainer: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine mandated new restrictions on Thursday , aimed at reining in the → Read More
Pro-Trump Group Caravans Through Pittsburgh, Exchanges Profanities With People On Street
Supporters of President Donald Trump caravanned through the city of Pittsburgh midday on Saturday. → Read More
Sept. 19-25 Explained: Election Lawsuits, PGH's Columbus Statue & PPS Disciplinary Changes
The coronavirus pandemic caused more than one million Pennsylvanians to vote by mail in the June primary, and state officials expect that number to roughly → Read More
August 10-14 Explained: Reporters Vote To Strike, Duquesne Responds To Demands & COVID Cases Flatten
This week, Duquesne University held its first press conference in response to the demands of Dannielle Brown, whose son Marquis Jaylen Brown died on campus → Read More
June 1-5 Explained: Pgh Rises Against Police Violence, Progressive Women Win & Allegheny Goes Green
The death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on Memorial Day has inspired protests across the country. Here in Pittsburgh, → Read More
Coronavirus Testing Is Limited As Southwest PA Moves To Yellow Phase
Allegheny County is set to move into the yellow phase of Gov. Tom Wolf’s reopening plan on Friday. In its plan amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the → Read More
April 20-24 Explained: Reopening PA, Testing Unknowns, Unemployment Fiasco & Restaurants Struggle
In two weeks, Pennsylvania’s economy will see a gradual reopening. Gov. Tom Wolf set May 8 as the target date for certain regions of the commonwealth to → Read More
A Look At The Conflicting, And Confusing, Information Around Wearing Masks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the White House Coronavirus Task Force are both reviewing official guidance that people who are healthy → Read More
Pittsburgh Explainer
Life is busy, and it can be hard to keep up with the news. That’s why 90.5 WESA is launching a new → Read More
Feb. 10-14 Explained: Climate Goals, U.S. Steel Agreement & Prosecutors Vet Giuliani
The U.S. Department of Justice has tapped federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh to review material from President Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. U.S. → Read More
Feb. 3-7 Explained: PWSA Board Shakeup, Parks Tax & The 2016 Wilkinsburg Shooting Trial
This week, musical chairs on the board of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. Some city councilors unknowingly approved the mayor's move to swap out → Read More
What Becomes Of A Sacred Space When It Is The Site Of Violence And Trauma?
On Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1999, a gunman entered Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. In less than 10 minutes, seven people died, including four → Read More
Google Contract Workers In Pittsburgh Vote To Form A Union
Contract workers at Google’s Bakery Square offices in Pittsburgh have voted to unionize with the United Steelworkers, by a margin of 2 to 1. The workers → Read More
ALCOSAN Releases New, Greener Plan To Control Sewage Overflows, But Critics Say It's Not Enough
The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, or ALCOSAN, has plans to reduce sewage overflows into the river to 6.6 billion gallons in the next 25 years. The → Read More
Mind, Body, Spirit: Osteopathic Medicine Is About A Lot More Than Bones
Duquesne University is planning to admit its first class of osteopathic medical students in the fall of 2023. The field is growing; according to the → Read More
City, County Officials In Talks About Building A Homeless Shelter Downtown
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said city and county officials are in talks to build a homeless shelter in downtown Pittsburgh. → Read More
PWSA Issues Flush And Boil Order For Lincoln-Lemington, Part Of Homewood
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has announced a precautionary flush and boil order for Lincoln-Lemington and part of Homewood. → Read More
Peduto Calls On State And Federal Legislators To Pass Gun Control Within 30 Days
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is calling on state and federal legislators to pass a variety of gun-control bills in the next 30 days. → Read More
Carnegie Library Workers To Launch Union Drive Monday
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh employees are expected to launch a unionization effort Monday. A committee that formed a year ago will begin collecting → Read More