Mayor Ed Gainey posted a video to his social media accounts Thursday afternoon where he called District Attorney Stephen Zappala a “racist.”

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey on Friday announced an initiative to protect longtime homeowners in the city from property tax hikes. The goal, the mayor said, is to ensure that people who own homes in nei

Pittsburgh's two Democratic candidates for mayor are trading barbs over just who is funding their campaigns. Mayor Ed Gainey says mega-donors to President Trump are pouring money into Allegheny County Controller Corey O'Connor's campaign, an allegation O'Connor calls desperate.

The boundary between national politics and local politics, like so many boundaries these days, is getting blurry.

The Democrats competing in Pittsburgh’s May 20 mayoral primary traded criticism over their donors on Monday, after Mayor Ed Gainey blasted Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor for reports tying O’Connor to Republican contributors.

Amid mixed news for the incumbent mayor, national outlets pounced on the fact that a fifth of the county controller's donations came from Republicans.

Republican donors are getting involved in a clash between progressives in Pittsburgh, backing Mayor Ed Gainey’s challenger Corey O’Connor.

As the federal government takes steps opposed by many unions, Southwestern Pennsylvania’s labor leaders defend worker priorities from posts across the local government structure.

Pittsburgh’s acting police chief, Chris Ragland, is leaving the force, effective immediately. Ragland was Mayor Ed Gainey’s nominee for Pittsburgh’s next police chief. But now, he’s expected to move into the private sector with a national firm, according to a statement from the Mayor.