00:00Nearly 1,000 Duquesne Light workers remain on strike as contract talks continue.
00:06NewsRadio KDK's Tamira Rush has the latest from the newsroom.
00:09Oh, that's right, Paul. The union says negotiators have made some progress,
00:12reaching tentative agreements on subcontracting and the use of technology.
00:16But major issues remain, including workplace safety, wages, health care, retirement benefits,
00:22and the use of non-union workers.
00:24Nearly 1,000 IBEW Local 29 members have been off the job since October 1st.
00:30Without wages or health care benefits.
00:32A strike rally is scheduled for one this afternoon
00:34as the union waits for Duquesne Light to return to the bargaining table.
00:38In the newsroom, Tamira Rush Newsradio, KDKA.
00:41No new taxes or layoffs in Allegheny County Executive Sarah Inamorato's preliminary 2027 budget.
00:48The proposal would increase spending by 4.7%, but that number is somewhat misleading.
00:53If you remove the one-time $10 million payment for a 2010 bond issuance
00:58and $21 million we spend to draw down state DHS and juvenile probation funding,
01:06the operating increase is actually only 2%.
01:09Inamorato says the budget saves $9 million by leaving 150 county jobs vacant.
01:15Also last night, county council gave preliminary approval to the paid parental leave proposal.
01:20The Board of Health modified the policy last month to require businesses with 15 or more employees
01:26to provide at least 12 weeks of paid leave to new parents.
01:29A final vote on that expected on the 20th.
01:33Satellite voting starts today in Allegheny County.
01:35The first location to open is Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland.
01:39It's open both today and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
01:42Voters get a mail-in ballot and they can either vote there or take it home.
01:47Four more satellite voting offices will open on Saturday the 17th at CCAC Homewood,
01:53the North Park and South Park ice rinks, and the county office building.
01:58Police are reporting another injury accident involving a motorcycle.
02:02It happened on the south side around 845 last night at South 28th Street in Carey Way
02:07where the cycle was hit by a vehicle.
02:10The man on the bike was in critical condition.
02:13Officers say the driver stayed at the accident scene.
02:15There have been six collisions involving a motorcycle and a vehicle in the Pittsburgh area since mid-September.
02:22A Pittsburgh native who became a Major League pitcher has died.
02:25Sam McDowell died Monday at his Florida home at the age of 84.
02:28The Central Catholic graduate led the American League in strikeouts in five seasons.
02:32He was a six-time All-Star and the left-hander played for the Pirates in 1975.
02:37It was the final stop of his pitching career.
02:40McDowell struggled with alcoholism and later found sobriety,
02:43spending the rest of his life helping other athletes with addictions.
02:48And Highmark Health has named its first woman as CEO.
02:51Karen Hanlon has worked for Highmark for nearly 30 years and replaces David Holmberg,
02:55who will become executive chairman.
02:58Hanlon's first day as CEO is January 1st,
03:01and she will continue her duties as Highmark's president.
03:05KDKA Sports, the Padres avoided playoff elimination last night
03:10with a 4-3 win over the Brewers in Game 3 of the NLDS.
03:15Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10.
03:17The Dodgers beat the Braves 3-1 last night.
03:19L.A. has a 2-1 series lead.
03:21in a permanent position of the commercially controlled.
03:21Here we go.
