Summary: An Allegheny County Common Pleas judge struck down Pittsburgh’s “non-resident sports facility usage fee” (fee) in September. This was due to a 2019 lawsuit
Summary: A recent newspaper article touted the fact that communities are reaping the benefits of gaming revenue by putting together a wish list of proposals
Introduction and background: A contingent of Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) officials, local business and community leaders are in London this week visiting British Airways (BA)
Summary: The Pennsylvania Auditor General’s Office recently published distress scores for municipal pensions. The report found that a large majority of pension plans were in
Summary: This Policy Brief looks at data on average daily membership, expenditures and revenues for Allegheny County school districts over the last 10 years by
Summary: In October 2021 the Port Authority’s CEO stated “the ridership world we had on March 13, 2020, is not coming back. Ridership may continue
Overview: The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ July jobs report for the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) shows private employment has still not returned to
Summary: Act 53 of 2022 cuts Pennsylvania’s Corporate Net Income Tax (CNIT)rate by five percentage points over the course of nine years, reducing the rate
Overview: The second quarter office vacancy rate report from real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) notes the Federal Reserve’s raising of interest rates to
Background: After closing the monthly passenger count gap relative to the 2019 pre-pandemic readings through much of 2021 and through April of 2022, the May
