Introduction: The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) exams are administered to grades 3 through 8 to measure progress in language arts (reading and grammar)
Summary: Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) has approved balanced operating and capital budgets for fiscal year (FY) 2024-25. Pennsylvania’s governor has proposed a state budget which
Summary: The Allegheny Institute has published several Policy Briefs in recent years analyzing and discussing the increasingly large gaps in the inequities in property tax
Summary: The Pennsylvania Senate passed legislation that would reduce the rate of the state’s personal income tax (PIT) from 3.07 percent to 2.8 percent.
Introduction: This Policy Brief provides a snapshot of how Pennsylvania is doing compared to a selection of states across the country over the longer period
Introduction: Several previous Policy Briefs have discussed the lingering high office vacancy rates in Pittsburgh’s central business district (CBD), especially since the pandemic, and how
Summary: A bill introduced in the General Assembly would permit all counties except Philadelphia and Allegheny to enact a 1 percent local option sales and
Background: In short, notwithstanding efforts by Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) officials over the last few years to promote the international passenger count at the airport,
Introduction: A recent editorial in the Post-Gazette raised the question: “Can Pittsburgh thrive without growing?” The author states that the metro area and county have
Summary: On April 8, Pittsburgh Public Schools filed a lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas to force Allegheny County to carry out a reassessment.
