Airport Glow Up, Mayoral Money & Pittsburgh in the Puppy Bowl
If you can’t bring yourself to watch the actual Super Bowl this weekend (pour one out for the Steelers!), you can at least catch some four-legged Pittsburghers in another big game. The mayoral race is looking tight — at least when it comes to fundraising. And there’s some good news from the state legislature for Pennsylvanians with food allergies. Plus, the City Cast Pittsburgh team got a special sneak peak of the new terminal at the Pittsburgh International Airport.
Notes and references from today’s show:
- Allegheny County lawmakers propose House bill to require food allergy warnings in restaurants [WESA]
- Pittsburgh’s Allergen-Sensitive Eateries [Table Magazine]
- Gainey and O’Connor deadlocked in campaign fundraising for Pittsburgh mayor race [PublicSource]
- Gainey, O'Connor talk budget, traffic in mayoral debate [TribLive]
- Polish Hill bar nominated as Pittsburgh's first LGBTQ historic site [WESA]
- Estate, developer sue historic nominators of famed Pittsburgh gay bar Donny's Place [WESA]
- U.S. Steel Clairton plant explosion sends two workers to hospital, idles battery [Allegheny Front]
- Paws Across Pittsburgh, Animal Friends puppies to play in Puppy Bowl XXI [KDKA]
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