🚫 Mayor Ed Gainey, joined by County Executive Sara Innamorato and state lawmakers, is pushing to amend Pennsylvania's Price Gouging Act to cover local disasters on the heels of last week's deadly storm.
The law applies only to state-declared disasters, prohibiting businesses from charging over 20% more than the average price of goods or services in the week before a disaster.
"Companies and contractors can legally hike prices during locally declared emergencies…" Gainey said. "That's wrong, and it hurts working families the most." (News release)
⚗️ Carnegie Mellon University is suing to block a new National Science Foundation policy that caps indirect cost reimbursement for lab space, equipment and administrative support at 15%, a change that would reduce CMU's annual reimbursement from $12.8 million to $5.3 million. (Lawsuit)
CMU joined a similar lawsuit earlier this year to block proposed NIH funding caps, now on hold in court.
🎵 The Smiling Moose, a longtime South Side music hub, will close at the end of May after more than 20 years on East Carson Street. Owners cited post-COVID business shifts and plan to focus on their Cranberry restaurant and Grove City brewery. (Facebook)
