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| Volume1 | Volume2 | Volume3 | Volume4 | Volume5 | Volume6 | Volume7 |
| Volume8 | Volume9 | Volume10 | Volume11 | Volume12 | Volume13 |
| Volume 8 |
| Issue # | Title | Available Online |
| Vol8 No:78 | Science Test Scores Paint a Disturbing Picture of Education | Yes |
| Vol8 No:77 | Allegheny County Headed to Court over Plan to Spend Drink Taxes | Yes |
| Vol8 No:76 | PAT Bus Service Still Has the Highest Employee Costs in the Nation | Yes |
| Vol8 No:75 | Card Check Will Worsen Pittsburgh’s Competitive Disadvantage | Yes |
| Vol8 No:74 | Little Cheer for Taxpayers in Transit Contract | Yes |
| Vol8 No:73 | Time to Outlaw Transit Strikes In Pennsylvania | Yes |
| Vol8 No:72 | Tallying Recent Teacher Strikes Across the Nation | Yes |
| Vol8 No:71 | Pittsburgh’s Budget: Legacy Costs Have Large and Lasting Impact | Yes |
| Vol8 No:70 | Adding Up the Costs of Pittsburgh School District’s Failures | Yes |
| Vol8 No:69 | Promises, Promises | Yes |
| Vol8 No:68 | Socking it to the Airlines at Pittsburgh International | Yes |
| Vol8 No:67 | Analyzing the Talk About a Transit Shutdown | Yes |
| Vol8 No:66 | The Great Transit Tax Grab of 2008 | Yes |
| Vol8 No:65 | Ending the Tax Referendum Legal Dispute | Yes |
| Vol8 No:64 | More Self-Congratulatory Blather about Pennsylvania’s Job Picture | Yes |
| Vol8 No:63 | Uncovering the True Cost of Government Retiree Benefits | Yes |
| Vol8 No:62 | Does the Developer Have Money for the Grand Plan? | Yes |
| Vol8 No:61 | Failed Attempt to Toll I-80 Costly to Taxpayers | Yes |
| Vol8 No:60 | A Stacked Deck Favors the Transit Union | Yes |
| Vol8 No:59 | Drink Tax Referenda Questions: Ballot Incompatible | Yes |
| Vol8 No:58 | The Holdup at Washington Park | Yes |
| Vol8 No:57 | Elections Board Referendum Ruling Should Lose On Appeal | Yes |
| Vol8 No:56 | County Solicitor’s Opinion on Shaky Grounds | Yes |
| Vol8 No:55 | Government as Defendant: A Worrisome Trend in Allegheny County | Yes |
| Vol8 No:54 | Taxpayers Backstop Casino Pledge to Penguins Arena | Yes |
| Vol8 No:53 | Amphi-Theatrics, Steeler Style | Yes |
| Vol8 No:52 | Time for Action on Prevailing Wage Law | Yes |
| Vol8 No:51 | Fast Tracked City-County Merger Plan is Now a Train Wreck | Yes |
| Vol8 No:50 | Pennsylvania Development Spending: Exorbitant and Wasteful | Yes |
| Vol8 No:49 | Aligning City Spending with Its Population | Yes |
| Vol8 No:48 | Questions for Barden, Bluhm, and the Board | Yes |
| Vol8 No:47 | County Executive’s Comments Trigger Questions | Yes |
| Vol8 No:46 | Plan to Toll I-80 Will Need Major Overhaul to Gain Approval | Yes |
| Vol8 No:45 | Getting the State Out of Local Law Enforcement | Yes |
| Vol8 No:44 | Pittsburgh is Low-Balling its Garbage Costs | Yes |
| Vol8 No:43 | Is The State Violating the Law? | Yes |
| Vol8 No:42 | Misuse of Wage Data Results in Wrong Policy Prescription | Yes |
| Vol8 No:41 | Independence Day Allegheny County Style | Yes |
| Vol8 No:40 | Misleading Accounting at the Pennsylvania Department of Education | Yes |
| Vol8 No:39 | State Pension Aid System is Fair to Pittsburgh | Yes |
| Vol8 No:38 | A Golden but Fleeting Outsourcing Opportunity for PAT | Yes |
| Vol8 No:37 | Is There A Limit to Taxable Privileges in Pennsylvania? | Yes |
| Vol8 No:36 | Amalgamated Transit’s Outlandish Sense of Entitlement | Yes |
| Vol8 No:35 | PAT Costs Still Out of Line With Other Bus Systems | Yes |
| Vol8 No:34 | Governor Buys into Seriously Flawed Costing Out Study | Yes |
| Vol8 No:33 | Merger Talk Ignores Pennsylvania Constitution and Laws | Yes |
| Vol8 No:32 | Drink and Car Rental Taxes: Controversy Deepens | Yes |
| Vol8 No:31 | Audit Sheds Light on County’s 2007 Deficit | Yes |
| Vol8 No:30 | Key Changes in the Pittsburgh Area’s Job Mix | Yes |
| Vol8 No:29 | Robinson Township Can’t Stand Prosperity | Yes |
| Vol8 No:28 | Lung Association Needs to Use More Brainpower | Yes |
| Vol8 No:27 | Gaming Board Rolled the Dice on Pittsburgh’s Casino License | Yes |
| Vol8 No:26 | Steps to Take Before Merging | Yes |
| Vol8 No:25 | More Unsettling Confusion Emanates From the Port Authority | Yes |
| Vol8 No:24 | The Real Merger Lessons from Metro Louisville | Yes |
| Vol8 No:23 | Merger Proposal: Too Many Unanswered Questions | Yes |
| Vol8 No:22 | An Assessment Model From Our Northern Neighbors | Yes |
| Vol8 No:21 | Adding Up the Costs for the North Shore Connector | Yes |
| Vol8 No:20 | Crucial Decision Time Comes To Mt. Lebanon | Yes |
| Vol8 No:19 | State Support for Education and School District Performance | Yes |
| Vol8 No:18 | A Pittsburgh Education Success Story | Yes |
| Vol8 No:17 | 'Costing Out' Study: Prescription for a Taxpayer Mugging | Yes |
| Vol8 No:16 | County Council Puts Marker on Gaming Money | Yes |
| Vol8 No:15 | Lazarus is Kaput, But Public Subsidies Live On | Yes |
| Vol8 No:14 | School Lessons from Milwaukee | Yes |
| Vol8 No:13 | Airport Debt or County Investment? | Yes |
| Vol8 No:12 | Another Misadventure at the Port Authority | Yes |
| Vol8 No:11 | Looking to the Private Sector to Help County Parks | Yes |
| Vol8 No:10 | Pittsburgh’s Arts Attendees Not Getting Any Younger | Yes |
| Vol8 No:9 | The Governor’s Odd View of Fiscal Management | Yes |
| Vol8 No:8 | Dollars and Education Performance: Same Old Story | Yes |
| Vol8 No:7 | When Did the County’s 2007 Deficit Appear? | Yes |
| Vol8 No:6 | Governor Needs a Reality Check on Jobs Pronouncements | Yes |
| Vol8 No:5 | Additional Funding for Sporting Goods Retailer? | Yes |
| Vol8 No:4 | Gaming Money Creates Controversy in Allegheny County | Yes |
| Vol8 No:3 | Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth | Yes |
| Vol8 No:2 | Allegheny County’s New Taxes: The Rest of the Story | Yes |
| Vol8 No:1 | New Year, Same Old Jobs Rhetoric | Yes |
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