{
  "investigation": "Pittsburgh Airport Terminal Record",
  "reporter": "Brian Nuckols",
  "outlet": "West Hills Gazette",
  "story": {
    "headline": "Pittsburgh Airport cuts ribbon on $1.75 billion terminal",
    "published": "2025-10-11",
    "url": "https://westhillsgazette.com/pittsburgh-airport-cuts-ribbon-on-1-75-billion-terminal/"
  },
  "note": "Single source of truth. Add or change a source HERE first, then re-run the harness. MANIFEST.md and PROVENANCE.md are generated; never hand-edit them.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "story-published",
      "title": "Pittsburgh Airport cuts ribbon on $1.75 billion terminal",
      "publisher": "West Hills Gazette",
      "url": "https://westhillsgazette.com/pittsburgh-airport-cuts-ribbon-on-1-75-billion-terminal/",
      "path": "raw/story-published.html",
      "type": "html",
      "supports": "The published story of record: cost-escalation sequence, capacity-vs-demand figures, financing, the authority's jobs/impact claims"
    },
    {
      "id": "acaa-cafr-2019",
      "title": "Allegheny County Airport Authority — Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, year ended Dec. 31, 2019",
      "publisher": "Allegheny County Airport Authority (audited, Plante & Moran)",
      "url": "https://flypittsburgh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Comprehensive_Annual_Financial_Report_For_the_Year_Ended_Dec._31_2019.pdf",
      "path": "raw/acaa-cafr-2019.pdf",
      "type": "pdf",
      "supports": "Authority-level outstanding revenue bonds and annual debt service (audited). Scope note: covers all ACAA airport revenue debt, not the terminal project alone"
    },
    {
      "id": "acaa-acfr-2024",
      "title": "Allegheny County Airport Authority — Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, year ended Dec. 31, 2024",
      "publisher": "Allegheny County Airport Authority (audited)",
      "url": "https://flypittsburgh.com/wp-content/themes/Divi-ACAA/reports-financials/annual-comprehensive-financial-reports/Allegheny_County_Airport_Authority-2024_ACFR.pdf",
      "path": "raw/acaa-acfr-2024.pdf",
      "type": "pdf",
      "supports": "Current (post-terminal-bond) outstanding revenue debt and annual debt service, audited. Authority-level scope (PIT + AGC)"
    },
    {
      "id": "acaa-economic-impact-study",
      "title": "Pittsburgh International Airport Economic Impact Study — Core Report",
      "publisher": "Allegheny County Airport Authority (commissioned)",
      "url": "https://flypittsburgh.com/wp-content/themes/Divi-ACAA/reports-financials/economic-impact/Economic-Impact-Study-Core-Report_Final.pdf",
      "path": "raw/acaa-economic-impact-study.pdf",
      "type": "pdf",
      "supports": "The commissioned study behind the authority's jobs and economic-impact claims"
    },
    {
      "id": "acaa-reports-index",
      "title": "Reports & Financials",
      "publisher": "Allegheny County Airport Authority",
      "url": "https://flypittsburgh.com/acaa-corporate/newsroom/reports-financials/",
      "path": "raw/acaa-reports-index.html",
      "type": "html",
      "supports": "Index of ACAA annual financial reports; retrieval path for later-year CAFRs (2021-2024) that carry current debt service"
    },
    {
      "id": "faa-iija-terminals",
      "title": "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — Airport Terminals Program",
      "publisher": "Federal Aviation Administration",
      "url": "https://www.faa.gov/iija/airport-terminals",
      "path": "raw/faa-iija-terminals.html",
      "type": "html",
      "supports": "The federal Airport Terminals Program that funded part of the project ($5B nationally, $1B/yr 2022-2026)"
    },
    {
      "id": "deluzio-grant-2024",
      "title": "Deluzio announces $10.5 million in federal funding for new Pittsburgh International Airport terminal",
      "publisher": "Office of Rep. Chris Deluzio",
      "url": "https://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-releases/deluzio-announces-105-million-federal-funding-new-pittsburgh-international",
      "path": "raw/deluzio-grant-2024.html",
      "type": "html",
      "supports": "One documented federal grant tranche ($10.5M) toward the terminal; corroborates the federal-funding thread"
    },
    {
      "id": "cap-pit-terminal",
      "title": "Pittsburgh International Airport Terminal Modernization Program",
      "publisher": "Center for American Progress",
      "url": "https://www.americanprogress.org/article/pittsburgh-international-airport-terminal-modernization-program/",
      "path": "raw/cap-pit-terminal.html",
      "type": "html",
      "supports": "Independent write-up of the project scope, financing structure, and jobs claims (corroboration of the authority's figures)"
    }
  ]
}