Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and the Office of Management and Budget submitted a $555 million operating budget and $105 million capital spending plan for 2018 to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority Friday, which holds the line on tax increases for the third consecutive year and provides a boost to public safety and transportation spending.

Up 1.1 percent from this year’s budget, the Mayor’s proposed spending plan allocates funding for three police recruit classes and one firefighter recruit class, an expansion of Shotspotter- a gunshot detection system to help zero in on violent crime- for the entire city, and provides $1.6 million for the improvement of police vehicles. 

Rep. Ryan Warner (R-Fayette) joined The PLS Reporter for our latest ongoing series: Newer Perspectives, where we sit down with the legislators who are 35 or younger to see what they bring to the legislature and how their views might be different than their more veteran colleagues.

Rep. Martina White (R-Philadelphia) joined The PLS Reporter for our latest ongoing series: Newer Perspectives, where we sit down with the legislators who are 35 or younger to see what they bring to the legislature and how their views might be different than their more veteran colleagues.

Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D-Erie) joined The PLS Reporter for our latest ongoing series: Newer Perspectives, where we sit down with the legislators who are 35 or younger to see what they bring to the legislature and how their views might be different than their more veteran colleagues.

Rep. Jordan Harris (D-Philadelphia) joined The PLS Reporter for our latest ongoing series: Newer Perspectives, where we sit down with the legislators who are 35 or younger to see what they bring to the legislature and how their views might be different than their more veteran colleagues.