Summary: How does Allegheny County compare with other counties across the nation on per-resident government spending, revenue and staffing? What about population change
Background: Notwithstanding publicity efforts proclaiming the importance and performance of Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), the real story of the last two decades is dismal at
Summary: An earlier Policy Brief, Vol. 23, No. 19, analyzing first quarter office vacancy statistics, noted that the Pittsburgh area’s rate of 21.8 percent represented
Introduction: For years private-sector employment growth in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)—the seven-county region of Armstrong; Allegheny; Beaver; Butler; Fayette; Washington and Westmoreland—has trailed
Summary: Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) is the mass-transit provider for Allegheny County, created by state law by the Second Class County Port Authority Act
Overview: Once again the specter of a large economy-damaging boost in the state’s minimum wage is now front and center in the Legislature with plans
Summary: A 2022 Policy Brief (Vol. 22, No. 31) detailed changes to Pennsylvania’s Corporate Net Income Tax (CNIT). Act 53 of 2022 reduces the
Summary: Much has been written about how the proceeds from the Marcellus Shale impact fee, which has garnered $2.25 billion from inception through 2021, has
Overview: In 2022, the latest year of scholastic data availability, Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) continued to be a major disappointment in terms of academic achievement.
Summary: Allegheny County’s services are provided by 6,125 employees, with 4,681 in the executive branch. County government is required by the Home Rule Charter to
