00:00Cory O'Connor is sounding the alarm about the city's finances.
00:03NewsRadio KDKA's Tamyra Rush has the latest.
00:06Pittsburgh is facing a projected $250 million budget gap over the next five years,
00:11according to the Post-Gazette.
00:13That's about twice the city's rainy day fund, even with $70 million in donations.
00:17The city is expected to run a $30 million deficit this year.
00:21That's up from the $8.6 million deficit Mayor Cory O'Connor projected in March.
00:26He blames the Ganey administration for underestimating spending and overestimating revenue.
00:31Inflation and higher health insurance costs are also adding pressure.
00:35O'Connor says officials will have to look at every area of spending
00:38while protecting core services like paving, snow removal, and emergency services.
00:43The mayor must submit a balanced budget by September 30th.
00:46Tamyra Rush News Radio, KDKA.
00:48And Mayor O'Connor is Marty's guest after this newscast.
00:52Three youth football coaches are being charged in connection with the fight
00:55during a game in Carnegie that went viral.
00:58It happened Saturday during the Carlington-Keystone-Oaks game.
01:02Carlington coach DeCuey Canton faces misdemeanor disorderly conduct
01:06and summary harassment charges.
01:09Keystone-Oaks coaches Joseph Kubiak and Frank McGrath
01:12each face a summary disorderly conduct charge.
01:15All three were suspended by the league.
01:17The two candidates running for Pennsylvania governor have an issue they agree on,
01:22banning flock cameras.
01:23Both Josh Shapiro and Stacey Garrity oppose the growing nationwide network
01:28of automated license plate readers.
01:30Critics have concerns about privacy, misuse, and mass surveillance,
01:34while supporters say the ALPRs are an important tool in homicide cases,
01:39missing person searches, and child abductions.
01:42Traffic is building on the roads and airport security lines are starting to grow
01:46as Americans are making their last getaway of the summer.
01:51Here's ABC's Jim Ryan.
01:53Between now and next Tuesday, the TSA expects to screen more than 17 million airline passengers,
01:59first sending them on their way to a Labor Day escape,
02:01and then bringing them back home.
02:03The top domestic destinations according to AAA, Seattle, Orlando, Boston, Denver, and New York.
02:09The average domestic airfare is up 2% this year compared to last at $750 round trip.
02:17On Wall Street at this hour, the Dow is ahead 339 points at 53,401.
02:23The S&P is up 34 points, and the NASDAQ is up 179.
02:29KDKA Sports' Jared Jones will start for the Pirates as the Bucks and Giants wrap up their series today,
02:34and the game is on KDKA Radio with the pregame show starting at 1140.
02:38KDKA Radio with the pregame show starting at 1140.
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