Today's newscast includes these stories:
- Pay check pauses and hiring freezes chill area schools as state impasse endures
- Violence has decreased across Pittsburgh’s seven Safe Passage schools
- $740 million Esplanade project ready to advance after years of planning — but some residents remain opposed
- Rep. Summer Lee visits Pitt for student-led town hall
- Public to get first glimpse of proposed Alle-Kiski Emergency Services Authority