PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey has released his preliminary budget for 2025 and is looking to trim $70 million in spending. Gainey says this major cut from last year's budget is to focus on "maintaining funding for vital city services."

The proposed budget works to address revenue shortfalls caused in part by the loss of American Rescue Plan Act funding.

The City of Pittsburgh’s preliminary 2025 budget released Monday by Mayor Ed Gainey would hold the line on taxes, cut spending and scale back plans to pump up the police force. The proposed operating budget of just under $657 million would shrink spending by 4.

A sandwich shop made a meal out of an unannounced visit by JD Vance, turning the vice-presidential candidate away during a campaign pitstop.

Poll averages show that JD Vance is the least liked of the four major figures in the 2024 race. Tuesday's VP debate is his best chance to change that.

Social media users have called for a boycott of a restaurant that refused entry to Vance, although it blamed the incident on "momentary confusion."