Jillian Forstadt | WESA
Jillian Forstadt is a general assignment reporter at 90.5 WESA. Before moving to Pittsburgh, she covered affordable housing, homelessness and rural health care at WSKG Public Radio in Binghamton, New York. Her reporting has appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition.
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University of Pittsburgh researchers say over three-quarters of all train derailments in Southwestern PA occur within 300 feet of the region’s major rivers. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to lower the threshold for particulate matter in the air, or what the EPA calls soot. But as WESA’s Jillian Forstadt reports, clean air advocates in Pittsburgh say the new measure isn’t strong enough.
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State officials announced a new scholarship program for Commonwealth employees Thursday. WESA’s Jillian Forstadt has more.
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State officials are encouraging eligible Pennsylvanians to apply for federal internet assistance. As WESA’s Jillian Forstadt reports, of the two million households eligible for the program, less than a quarter of them are currently enrolled.
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Cases of congenital syphilis, which is passed from parent to child during pregnancy, have reached their highest level in Pennsylvania in more than 30 years. As WESA’s Jillian Forstadt reports, state health officials are urging pregnant people to get tested.
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Striking workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette met with management Monday for an initial round of contract negotiations. WESA’s Jillian Forstadt reports it’s the first meeting between the two parties since employees walked out last month.
