Summary: The Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has lost a significant percentage of its public school student count since 2000.  At the same time the spending per student has risen twice as fast as the rate of inflation during the … Continue reading →

Over a decade ago we wrote a Brief on a legislative proposal to charge a $100 per resident fee for municipalities with 10,000 or more residents that relied on the state police for local service.  With 2,500 municipalities in the … Continue reading →

Summer doesn’t officially arrive until 11:54 a.m. on Friday but already some of those involved in or commenting on public policy are acting as if they are suffering from heat stroke. Less than an hour away, where a gallon of … Continue reading →