photo of group of people holding signs during COVID aid plan protest

Pittsburgh City Council Urged To Delay Vote On COVID Aid Plan

From:

90.5 WESA

Originally Published:

July 13, 2021

Excerpt:

After four-and-a-half-hours of public testimony -- and a follow-up 45-minute rally -- on how to spend $335 million of federal coronavirus aid, the big message for Pittsburgh City Council was: You haven’t heard from the public enough.

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