It’s the Friday news roundup! The team is discussing plans to close the Downtown homeless shelter on Smithfield Street and the push to make part of Lake Erie a national marine sanctuary — because it has so many shipwrecks. Plus, we travel back in time to celebrate a radical Pittsburgh painter who shares a birthday with a member of our team.

We love to cite our sources!

• Kiley Koscinski with WESA has done great reporting on the Smithfield Street shelter closure.


•  Learn more about the proposal to designate Lake Erie as a national marine sanctuary.


•  Check out the Hey Pittsburgh feature on the trailblazing painter Mary Cassatt.

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