Summary: A bill in the General Assembly would give Pittsburgh (and only Pittsburgh) explicit ability to enact a property tax relief program for longtime owner-occupants whose property values have risen due to gentrification. The program faces many problems inherent in … Continue reading →

Legislation has been introduced in the General Assembly to provide 100 percent elimination of school property taxes for homesteads/farmsteads.  The bill would raise the state personal income tax from 3.07 percent to 4.87 percent and deposit the money into the … Continue reading →

The Allegheny County Airport Authority was quick to dismiss as sour grapes a noted architect’s criticism of a $1.1 billion modernization plan at Pittsburgh International Airport. It’s all the more interesting because the critic is Tasso Katselas, the architect who … Continue reading →