A one-of-a-kind ecosystem lies above the bauxite Alcoa says it needs for its future. The company’s request to expand mining in Australia is drawing objections from scientists and the land’s original ...

Assisted outpatient treatment moves involuntary psychiatric care into communities — a controversial approach among disability ...

Third-party funders bypass restrictive campaign donation limits with untraceable contributions to both Democratic candidates ...

Natural gas company CNX claims responsible energy production in Pennsylvania through fracking monitoring efforts.

State law permits state-related universities, including Pitt, to use taxpayer money only to offset tuition costs for state ...

Abrupt cancellations to AmeriCorps funding by the Trump administration threaten community service projects, from in-school ...

Allegheny County may be the first to ban restraint chairs through a referendum. Views diverge on how that policy fares four years on.

Patients and clinicians from New York and Ohio share perspectives on an involuntary mental health tool that Allegheny County may soon implement.

County plans to opt into assisted outpatient treatment [AOT] drew skepticism and opposition from new Mental Health/Intellectual Disabilities advisors.

The county Department of Human Services [ACDHS] took that step after analysis of its program for forced inpatient mental health care — known as 302 commitments — showed high rates of death, emergency ...

“It is a lot of pressure being young and seeing what the economy is turning to and what’s going on in the world,” said Stalea ...

PPS students quizzed potential future leaders ahead of the primaries as civic groups nationwide look to reverse declining youth votes.