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Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz will kickoff bus tour in Pittsburgh today
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are kicking off a bus tour in western Pennsylvania today.
The Harris campaign is hoping to continue the momentum she has seen in recent polling as the Democratic National Convention approaches.
Harris will land in the Pittsburgh area along with her running mate Tim Walz and they’ll be joined by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Gwen Walz.
It’s the first time Harris, Walz, and their spouses will appear on the campaign trail since they were all together at their first rally in Philadelphia nearly two weeks ago.
Now, they’re headed to our area and that’s where their bus tour will begin. The campaign said the stops will focus on smaller events such as canvassing, phone banks, and making stops at local retailers.
This comes just a couple of days after Harris released her economic plan, mentioning her intentions to eliminate medical debt, cap prescription drug costs, and provide first-time home buyers with a $25,000 subsidy, among other things.
The campaign plans to hit both Allegheny and Beaver Counties, the latter being a key to President Joe Biden winning the 2020 election. Beaver County is typically a red county, but it helped propel Biden and Harris to the White House four years ago.
Of course, Pennsylvania has 19 electoral votes, and the Real Clear Politics polling average has former President Donald Trump and Harris tied. Harris has gained momentum since President Biden made his decision to drop out of the race.
This bus tour, and the DNC starting this week, are looked at by the Harris campaign as a way to keep the momentum going as the November election approaches.
We’ll have more on Vice President Harris’s visit throughout the day on KDKA-TV as well as KDKA.com.
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Gas prices continue to sit near the $5 mark for the better part of the Pittsburgh region. Not only is it impacting people’s wallets, but it’s also hitting the bottom lines of first responders’ operations.
While gas prices are not impacting day-to-day operations, budgets are always tight, and if prices stay high, it could have some long-term impacts. First responders say they’ll still come when you call 911, so there’s no need to panic, but there is some concern behind the scenes.
“We can’t charge more for our services. The only way to weather the storm is to become more efficient,” Regional Emergency Support Quick Response Service director Mike Gallagher said.
RESQRS said gas is normally about $2,500 to $3,000 a month. From March to April, it was $5,500. The ambulance they wanted to get this year is now on hold as costs go up.
“It definitely has affected other parts of the business and how we operate,” Gallagher said over Zoom.
It’s the same for volunteer firefighters. Southern Allegheny Valley Emergency Services had its bill go from $300 to $400, up to $1,000 last month. This price spike was, of course, never anticipated when making the budget last year.
“It absolutely wasn’t. We just have to take money from other things and reprioritize,” SAVES fire chief Mike Daniher said.
Medic Rescue in Bridgewater, Beaver County, covers that county and takes patients to Wexford and Pittsburgh hospitals. They easily rack up hundreds of miles a day driving. Insurance doesn’t cover gas spikes, and fuel reimbursements are set from the prior year.
“I don’t see how it would be sustainable in the long term without some changes in financing,” Medic Rescue director of operations Bill Pasquale said.
An immediate impact for many services is putting new equipment on the back burner. While grants can be used for that, there’s no guarantee it’s accepted.
Pittsburg, PA
Pittsburgh will have afternoon storm chances on Wednesday with gusty winds and lightning
It will be stormy this afternoon, and then cooler for the rest of the work week.
Temperatures then warm up with record-setting temperatures possible early next week. It’s going to be a busy stretch of weather. Let’s get right into it.
Rain chances today are low overall. The headline is the storm chance that occurs this afternoon. Gusty winds, frequent lightning, and isolated but intense downpours are expected as a narrow line of storms develops and rolls through Western Pennsylvania. The line of storms will be intensifying as it moves from the west to the east.
Right now, it looks like the storms will roll through between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
By the time you see this blog, our best chance for morning rain should have come and gone. Rain totals will not be very impressive today; most will see less than 0.05 inches of rain.
That excludes rain coming from afternoon storms.
Afternoon storms could add another fifth of an inch of rain for those who see the most ‘intense’ cells sliding through their areas. Temperatures in the morning are in the 50s. We will quickly rise up to the mid-60s for temperatures this afternoon ahead of storms. Temperatures will then dip back down to the 50s for the rest of the day, with brisk winds coming in from the northwest at around 15 mph.
Thursday highs will only hit the mid-50s.
We stay cool through Friday morning. We’d have to worry about frost on Friday if it wasn’t for the cloud cover that’s expected. Friday highs will be near 70°. Saturday and Sunday highs are expected to hit the low 80s both days.
A perfect ‘storm’ of low humidity levels, plenty of sunshine, and a strengthening sun angle will allow us to potentially see record highs early next week. I have high temperatures in the 90s on both Monday and Tuesday next week.
The record high for Monday is 91°, and that is what I am forecasting for a high.
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