Mike Wereschagin

@Wrschgn

Investigations & data @PittsburghPG. Co-author of Gone at 3:17, the story of America's deadliest school disaster (http://amzn.to/1RaCLuk). Underwater whenever possible

Pittsburgh, PA

Joined March 2009

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Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jul 21

"He thought he was invincible." Former Pa. prosecutor accused in criminal case of targeting political enemies post-gazette.com/news/crime-cou… by @jacobgeanous

Wrschgn's tweet card. For years, David Russo wielded unparalleled power from his office in the historic Greene County courthouse amid political battles that would upend the...

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Michael Sallah@MikeSallah7 · Jul 20

ROUGH JUSTICE: There's a raging national debate over the weaponization of law enforcement, but when it happens on a local level with a prosecutor accused of public intoxication, urinating from hotel balconies, and directing cops to arrest his political enemies, it can get…

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Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jul 7

How the Jehovah’s Witnesses sex abuse crisis in Pennsylvania unfolded post-gazette.com/news/crime-cou… by @maddyjrubin

Wrschgn's tweet card. Long after a young woman stepped forward to say she was raped and beaten by a member of a Jehovah’s Witness congregation, law enforcement agents...

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Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jul 7

ICE detentions surge across Western Pennsylvania, new data shows post-gazette.com/news/politics-… by @jrcloutier & @jacobgeanous

Wrschgn's tweet card. For ICE, the numbers have been mounting. A restaurant raid in Marshall where 14 people were rounded up recently, their arms shackled to their waists, some...

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jul 3

‘An explosion of need’: Pittsburgh hospitals brace for Medicaid cuts, which would total $468 million for 11 hospitals in Western Pennsylvania post-gazette.com/business/healt… by @kmamula1

Wrschgn's tweet card. The newly passed U.S. Senate version of President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful” budget bill would cut Medicaid spending by $1 trillion...

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jul 3

Pace of Pa. budget talks hit by 'big beautiful bill' as Gov. Josh Shapiro slams cuts to Medicaid, SNAP post-gazette.com/news/politics-… by @BenKail and @byFordTurner

Wrschgn's tweet card. Two days after Pennsylvania missed a constitutionally-mandated June 30 state budget deadline for the fourth year in a row, contentious debate over a major...

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Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jul 3

Changes likely coming to the city’s Stop the Violence trust fund after hours of debate post-gazette.com/news/politics-… by @Hallielujah18 and @LauraEspositoM

Wrschgn's tweet card. It was standing room only in Pittsburgh City Council chambers Wednesday as members and city officials convened to give preliminary approval to structural...

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Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jul 1

After years of investigating deaths and injuries of miners, Pa. mine safety center to close doors in August post-gazette.com/news/politics-… by @jrcloutier

Wrschgn's tweet card. Months after the federal government pushed to shutter dozens of mine safety centers across the country, the Mount Pleasant office — the busiest...

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jun 26

Pittsburgh Public Schools moving forward with proposed school closure plan post-gazette.com/news/education… by @MeganTomasic

Wrschgn's tweet card. Pittsburgh Public School directors took the next step in a potential school closure process. The board during Wednesday’s legislative session voted...

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jun 26

‘I’m very worried’: Pittsburgh parents navigate UPMC’s curtailing of gender services for ages 18 and under post-gazette.com/news/health/20… by @hannamwebster

Wrschgn's tweet card. The change follows a Supreme Court decision last week, United States v. Skrmetti, upholding a Tennessee law banning such care.

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jun 23

The first cosmic images from the Legacy Survey of Space and Time reveal never-before-seen glimpses of space post-gazette.com/business/tech-… via @PittsburghPG

Wrschgn's tweet card. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — As of Monday, the sky is no longer the limit. Over the next 10 years, a digital camera the size of a car — the largest...

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jun 20

"They’re ruining a perfectly incredible neighborhood.” Many Strip District businesses remain strongly opposed to plan to turn Penn Avenue into one lane post-gazette.com/business/devel… by @AdamBabetski

Wrschgn's tweet card. Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure says it has considered stakeholder input — even if much of it is very negative...

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Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jun 18

Done deal: The sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel is complete post-gazette.com/business/power… via @PittsburghPG

Wrschgn's tweet card. The deal is sealed. Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp. is the proud new owner of a 125-year Pittsburgh institution, U.S. Steel Corp. The two companies...

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jun 2

Pennsylvania educators are continuing to leave the profession, adding to teacher shortage post-gazette.com/news/education… by @MeganTomasic

Wrschgn's tweet card. Teachers across Pennsylvania continue to leave the education profession, exacerbating a years-long shortage that lawmakers and school officials are now...

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · Jun 2

At Pa.’s largest detention center, immigrant safety endangered as cuts cripple DHS oversight arm post-gazette.com/news/politics-… via @PittsburghPG

Wrschgn's tweet card. As hundreds of immigrants waited for detention hearings last year at Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania — one of the largest facilities...

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · May 27

Federal funding cuts could jeopardize mission of Wilkinsburg-based Computer Reach post-gazette.com/business/tech-… by @kmamula1

Wrschgn's tweet card. Three years ago, in an op-ed piece for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dave Sevick wrote that Pennsylvania was “on the cusp of an historic milestone:...

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · May 23

Trump approves 'planned partnership' between U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel post-gazette.com/business/power… via @PittsburghPG

Wrschgn's tweet card. President Donald Trump said Friday that he has approved a “planned partnership” between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, appearing to greenlight...

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · May 23

‘Big beautiful bill’ narrowly passed in House restricts all gender care for adults on Medicaid post-gazette.com/news/health/20… by @hannamwebster

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · May 23

Pittsburgh's Jewish community on edge after Israeli Embassy staffers gunned down in D.C. post-gazette.com/news/faith-rel… via @PittsburghPG

Wrschgn's tweet card. When Jeff Finkelstein awoke Thursday to the news of a deadly shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., he said he was immediately...

Mike Wereschagin@Wrschgn · May 23

FDA restricts access to fall’s COVID-19 vaccines: Here’s what to know post-gazette.com/news/health/20… by @hannamwebster

Wrschgn's tweet card. People ages 6 months to 64 years with no health conditions are not considered eligible for a COVID vaccine under the new framework.