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The Panhandling Ordinance in Pittsburgh  

City's new curbs on panhandling go begging
Post Gazette (5/15/2006)

Safety envoys to patrol Downtown streets
Post Gazette (1/17/06)

To Mayor-elect Bob O'Connor: Fix it, and we'll come
Post Gazette (11/13/05)

Panhandling Law should withstand legal challenges
Michael Edwards - Post Gazette (11/11/05)

Editorial: Beg your pardon / bill won't last in court
Post Gazette (11/7/05)

City Council approves limits on panhandling
Post Gazette (11/7/05)

Briefs: ACLU may challenge panhandling rules -
Tribune Review (11/2/05)

Proposal to curb panhandling gets OK - Tribune Review (10/27/05)

Panhandling legislation on hold - Post Gazette (10/20/05)

Ban on begging is worth legal fight - Tribune Review (8/16/05)

Letter to the Editor - Major James LaBossiere - Post Gazette (8/13/05)

Letter to the Editor - Michael M. Edwards- Post Gazette (8/8/05)

Compromise sought on panhandling measure - Tribune Review (8/4/05)

Panhandling bill delayed - Post Gazette (8/4/05)

Aggressively panhandling - Post Gazette (8/4/05)

Public hearing to be held on anti-panhandling bill - Tribune Review (8/3/05)

Editorial: Time out / Proposed law on panhandling is shortsighted - Post Gazette (8/2/05)

Legal obstacles may block city's panhandling restrictions - Post Gazette (8/1/05)

Letter to the Editor - Jackie Hahn Efrati- Post Gazette (7/30/05)

No small change - Tribune Review (7/28/05)

City proposes restrictions on panhandling - Post Gazette (7/27/05)

Bill targets panhandling - Tribune Review (7/27/05)

Downtown Partnership new director wants to bring new life to city's center- PG (6/9/05) 

Feeling guilty passing panhandlers? - Post Gazette (6/9/05)

Beggars need a change not coins - Post Gazette (6/1/05)

Daniel Kovalik: Off the street, out of mind- Post Gazette (6/1/05)

Editorial: Real help on panhandling takes more than change - Post Gazette (5/30/05)

Panhandling Ordinances in Other U.S. Cities

Atlanta passes downtown Panhandling ban - NPR, All Things Considered (8/15/05)

Homeless residents challenge laws banning panhandling - Gainesville.com (5/13/06)