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Pa. r**e crisis centers: We are not a budget line item.
Advocates hope to more than double it with an additional $12.5 million.

Pa. r**e crisis centers: We are not a budget line item Years of stagnant funding have squeezed Pennsylvania's 47 r**e centers. Their leaders want the state to contribute $12.5 million more.

Two years after Gaza encampment, expelled Pitt student awaits his day in court.

Muhammad Ali is among the last two participants in the 2024 encampments on Pitt’s campus facing unresolved criminal charges. Judges rejected his arguments of selective prosecution, and his plans are in limbo pending a September trial date.

Two years after Gaza encampment, expelled Pitt student awaits his day in court Muhammad Ali is among the last two participants in the 2024 encampments on Pitt’s campus facing unresolved criminal charges. Judges rejected his arguments of selective prosecution, and his plans are in limbo pending a September trial date.

U.S. Steel plans to invest up to $2.5 billion into upgrades to its Mon Valley Works, which it forecasts will generate $1.7 billion for the state’s economy, according to a Monday report from the steelmaking giant.

The economic impact is expected to include the combined dollars spent on things such as wages and construction costs associated with the upgrades, according to the report.

The investment will preserve the roughly 3,000 jobs at Mon Valley Works and create nearly 3,200 indirect and induced jobs over a three-year period, according to the report. The company projects the upgrade work will generate up to $58 million in state and local tax revenues over the next three years. It comes as a part of the company’s larger commitment to invest $11 billion into its domestic footprint by 2028, on the heels of a $15 billion acquisition by Japan-based Nippon Steel last year.

The investment includes a new hot strip mill at the Edgar Thomson plant in Braddock. The new mill will replace an 87-year-old hot strip mill at the nearby Irvin plant in West Mifflin, and will allow U.S. Steel to produce products for the automotive industry and other high-strength steels that the Mon Valley Works “cannot competitively produce,” according to materials the company has shared with community leaders.

“The Mon Valley Works is where the American steel industry was first forged, and this investment is proof that its best days are still ahead,” the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer David Burritt said in a statement.

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U.S. Steel pledges up to $2.5 billion in upgrades to Mon Valley Works.

A year after the Pittsburgh-based company’s purchase by Japan’s Nippon Steel, the metals icon says it will secure the region’s place in the industry.
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U.S. Steel pledges up to $2.5 billion in upgrades to Mon Valley Works According to the company, the new plan will bring thousands of construction jobs and over $50 million in revenue to Pennsylvania and the Mon Valley.