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Policy Briefs: Vol 10
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vol10
No: 70
Municipal Spending in Allegheny County: The High and the Low
vol10
No: 69
Is the Capital City Headed for Bankruptcy?
vol10
No: 68
The Rivers Casino Profitability Disadvantage
vol10
No: 67
Crucial Decision Time for the SPC
vol10
No: 66
Brookings Tells Us Nothing New About Pittsburgh Economy
vol10
No: 65
State Must Act Now to Fix the Port Authority
vol10
No: 64
A Plan to Mitigate Bus Service Cuts
vol10
No: 63
PAT Bus System Still Very Expensive
vol10
No: 62
Getting Serious About Public Sector Pensions
vol10
No: 61
What Will Become of the Oversight Board?
vol10
No: 60
Are Pittsburgh Schools Lurching Toward a Fiscal Nightmare?
vol10
No: 59
Pittsburgh School Enrollment Slide Continues
vol10
No: 58
Garage Privatization in Pittsburgh Should Remain an Option
vol10
No: 57
What Will a State Pension Takeover Mean for Pittsburgh?
vol10
No: 56
Will Leased Parking Garages be a Tax Shelter?
vol10
No: 55
Has Recession Loosened Its Grip on the Pittsburgh Region?
vol10
No: 54
Improving Home Rule in Allegheny County as the Second Decade Begins
vol10
No: 53
Will Table Games Solve Rivers Casino Revenue Problems?
vol10
No: 52
Comparing Municipality Employee Counts
vol10
No: 51
Pennsylvania SAT Scores Point to Futility of Higher Spending
vol10
No: 50
Can County Corral Authorities?
vol10
No: 49
Merging Municipal Functions into Counties is a Bad Idea
vol10
No: 48
Labor Day in the ‘Burgh Will Find No Joy in the Employment Situation
vol10
No: 47
Why So Many Non-Teaching Employees in Pittsburgh Schools?
vol10
No: 46
Corporate Welfare Apologists Never Give Up
vol10
No: 44
Sunset Review Still Hasn’t Seen Light of Day
vol10
No: 43
Casino Anniversary: A Disappointing Year
vol10
No: 42
Senatorial Connector Criticism Gets Lame PAT Response
vol10
No: 41
Has SPC Derailed Flex Plan?
vol10
No: 40
Pennsylvania is #1…in Teacher Strikes
vol10
No: 39
Flexible Healing of PAT is No Cure
vol10
No: 38
Pittsburgh’s Pension Solution: Between a Rock and Hard Place
vol10
No: 37
The Proposed Pittsburgh Parking Lease: A Look at the Numbers
vol10
No: 36
Pay for Performance: How Will it Play Out in Pittsburgh’s Schools?
vol10
No: 35
What Will Council’s $250,000 Parking Study Accomplish?
vol10
No: 34
Governor Gets It Terribly Wrong on Education Spending
vol10
No: 33
Port Authority Irresponsibility: A Never Ending Story
vol10
No: 32
Rivers Casino Credit Rating Drops to Dismal Low
vol10
No: 31
Pennsylvania’s Anti-Growth Trifecta
vol10
No: 30
Is Port Authority Headed for a Federal Bailout?
vol10
No: 29
Rivers Casino Revenues Up But Far Below Expectations
vol10
No: 28
Another Year, Another Weak Start for Pirates Attendance
vol10
No: 27
Teacher Union President Needs Some Education
vol10
No: 26
Pittsburgh Loses Again
vol10
No: 25
Pittsburgh’s 0.3 Percent Solution Is a Very Bad Idea
vol10
No: 24
“Most Livable” a Dubious and Fleeting Honor
vol10
No: 23
Candidates Spar Over Allegheny County Jobs: Who is Right?
vol10
No: 22
Pittsburgh’s Financial Watchdogs Lose Their Bark
vol10
No: 21
The Bell Tolls for PAT: Do They Hear It?
vol10
No: 20
GreatSchools Ranking of Schools Flawed and Misleading
vol10
No: 19
Strike Three: Tolling I-80 is Out!
vol10
No: 18
Are Public Pensions Becoming a Financial Suicide Pact?
vol10
No: 17
Mt. Lebanon Condo Plan Falls Through—Again
vol10
No: 16
Has the Sun Set on Sunset Review in Allegheny County?
vol10
No: 15
Measuring Pittsburgh’s Financial Performance
vol10
No: 14
Recession Continued to Grip Region Through January
vol10
No: 13
Gaming Revenue Impact on Government Spending
vol10
No: 12
Hard to Feel Sympathy for PAT
vol10
No: 11
Pittsburgh’s Apologists Return with Bad Policy Suggestions
vol10
No: 10
Can Johnstown Regain its Financial Footing?
vol10
No: 09
Mt. Lebanon Schools Becoming a Taxpayer Nightmare
vol10
No: 08
Harrisburg Contemplates Bankruptcy
vol10
No: 07
Penn Hills Teachers Strike: Mean-Spirited and Spiteful
vol10
No: 06
Return of the Living Wage
vol10
No: 05
More Reassessment Bluster from the Chief Executive
vol10
No: 04
Mandated Wage Mania in Allegheny County
vol10
No: 03
Pittsburgh Tax Revenue: A Better Approach
vol10
No: 02
Prevailing Gamesmanship
vol10
No: 01
Things Are Not Great in Pittsburgh Promise Land