Oliver Morrison

Environment and health reporter @PublicSourcePA. Formerly @PennLive, @905wesa, @kansasdotcom, @newmarkjschool.

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[Oliver Morrison @ORMorrison]

A Pa. school's been growing faster than any school before. I've spent the past 6 months looking into why and what it means for education in Pa.

Today you can read Part I of: "Virtual Dominance: How a cyber charter school has upended K-12 education in Pa.”
https://t.co/SgbWaXFmkF

[Rich Lord @richelord]

Many speakers at the 3-hour hearing were parents who told harrowing stories of problems in childbirth or difficulties going back to work. Others said a paid parental leave mandate could be a disaster for the county’s struggling small employers. https://t.co/aa6K4ICfFZ

[Rich Lord @richelord]

Ever reach the end of Trash Day to find your trash ... still there? In Pittsburgh, complaints related to garbage collection have tripled since 2019. See if your neighborhood is a missed-trash hotspot https://t.co/Vv5h1qFfAe

[Charlie Wolfson @chwolfson]

For more than a decade @PublicSourcePA has published Pittsburgh and Allegheny County government payroll information, to give residents details about where their tax money goes.

Now, for the 1st time, we do the same for the county's judicial branch: https://t.co/Af8Y5dl0vh

[Oliver Morrison @ORMorrison]

The Pittsburgh-area man who was tackled by police for speaking out against ICE for longer than his alloted 3 minutes...

Well, it turns out surveillance footage shows the police tackled him well before his 3 minutes was up.

via @chwolfson

https://t.co/ADTd6mWL6O

[Rich Lord @richelord]

Allegheny County Council’s new president has been an environmental advocate for 30 years. Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis now leads a body that may decide on matters ranging from property assessments to jail conditions https://t.co/htsx0ERHHI

[Oliver Morrison @ORMorrison]

@RyanDeto Has the airport authority said $8 was artificially low?

It doesn't seem like the authority is spending a ton of $ maintaining those lots but maybe it's more expensive than it appears?

The new airport's cost was supposed be paid through airline fees, not parking, right?

[Charlie Wolfson @chwolfson]

Pat Catena is County Council prez and had the county party's endorsement.

“That just doesn’t work anymore. People just don’t care. You need to give them a vision of how you want to improve their lives.” @TomDuerrPA

On Bloam's rout of Catena last night https://t.co/SLoc2rdd6Y

[Oliver Morrison @ORMorrison]

I swear to god if this protein fad takes away my cheese...

[Michael Bruno @brubarian]

Great episode.

Top takeaways:

Not enough economic pain felt by U.S. to achieve a compromise with Iran. Gas prices need to get closer to $6.

(Iranian regime already killed thousands of its citizens, unclear why economic hardship would motivate them?)

Farmers making choices today on wheat. There’s a world where the “bun” costs as much as the “burger” in a year.

5% demand deduction on oil already occurred. Inventories and stock pile releases have kept control on prices. When they run out, we’ll see futures reflect demand.

Apparently - whey protein demand is killing aged cheese processes?

And the Euros stockpiled fertilizer in December to sidestep another credit bill out of the EU. So, by luck - not strategy - European farmers doing okay on fertilizer this year.

[Rich Lord @richelord]

It's primary election day in PA. @PublicSourcePA will run live results starting at 8. For now, here's what's up in Allegheny County, Pittsburgh https://t.co/lbw9rmcFmE

[Rich Lord @richelord]

Young adults with disabilities are around half as likely as non-disabled peers to have bachelor’s degrees. Here's how Gus beat the odds https://t.co/DCBOzyKNN1

[Rich Lord @richelord]

Bicycling. Democracy. Could there be a better combination? @WorldPittsburgh and @publicsourcepa are leading a ride-and-talk on Saturday. I'll converse about democracy and reveal my helmet hair. Sign up here: https://t.co/LoGlZ5r4bc

[Rich Lord @richelord]

Is your Pittsburgh neighborhood slated to stabilize, sustain, strengthen, restore, adapt or transform? The $6 million comprehensive plan for the next 25 years is heading down the home stretch https://t.co/lBrAr5ZOje

[Shaheen Pasha @profpasha]

My friend @JoshuaPVaughn and I led an amazing indepth reporting class this semester @PSUBellisario. Our students tackled ICE & its largest detention facility in the Northeast. Today the first of our 8-part series was published in @PennLive. So proud! https://t.co/OSOmPM0OYy

[Oliver Morrison @ORMorrison]

The Pulitzer controversy exposes a flaw in the awards system: you never learn why stories aren’t chosen. It lacks transparency. It would be more work but perhaps worthwhile to take the time to explain (and therefore leave open for debate) the reasons why stories were NOT chosen.

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

I guess it wasn't "novel" to track down 80 victims (all their names redacted from court documents, meaning I had to find them), convince 8 of them to speak to me, four on the record-- and on camera! Does anyone understand how difficult that was? It was so difficult that I contacted sexual assault psychiatrists to guide me so that I wouldn't re-traumatize them. 1/

[Sean Casten @SeanCasten]

It’s rare to see really good, accurate public reporting on what’s driving the economics of our electric sector, in jargon-free language that everyone can understand. So read this. It’s excellent. https://t.co/zS8AvIFwiR

[Oliver Morrison @ORMorrison]

Roger Goodell announces that Pittsburgh set a record with 320,000 fans on the first day of the NFL draft.

[Oliver Morrison @ORMorrison]

@DKThomp The phrase "competency porn" misses a key part of what unites shows like the Pitt and the West Wing: It's not just that they show skillfulness but they differentiate between characters who are and aren't willing to engage with the moral complexity of the situations they face.

[Oliver Morrison @ORMorrison]

@hawkblogger @dpbrugler @minakimes @_RyanFowler_ @SamMonsonNFL @TampaBayTre @MoveTheSticks You should do the multil year position salary projections for the whole league too. I bet there would be a lot of non-Seahawks fans who would be interested in something like that.

[Kamin Science Center @KaminScienceCtr]

🚧 2026 NFL Draft Operations Update 🚧

Due to road closures and security access related to the 2026 NFL Draft, Kamin Science Center will be temporarily closed to the general public from April 13–May 1, 2026.

[Oliver Morrison @ORMorrison]

@AlecMacGillis Curious why cohabiting so low in US? Cultural or policies/structures?