Allegheny County Council Votes Unanimously To Make Juneteenth A Paid Holiday For County Employees

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. (KDKA) -- Allegheny County Council approved making Juneteenth a paid holiday for county employees.

Bethany Hallam, Allegheny County Council member at large, said on Twitter that the council voted unanimously to recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday.

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"Allegheny County Council just voted unanimously to recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday for county employees," Hallam tweeted on Tuesday.

In August, Mayor Bill Peduto said that he is making Juneteenth a city holiday.

Juneteenth is a holiday that recognizes the end of slavery in 1865 when slaves in Texas finally learned of their emancipation.

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