Will Local Control of Schools Return to Philly?
In 2001 the General Assembly passed legislation that was signed into law in October of that year creating an appointed School Reform Commission to administer
In 2001 the General Assembly passed legislation that was signed into law in October of that year creating an appointed School Reform Commission to administer
In previous blogs we wrote about the possible reassessment in Lackawanna County in northeast Pennsylvania–a question was placed on the ballot for last Tuesday by
This morning the Mayor of Pittsburgh presented the 2018 operating and capital budgets to City Council for the fiscal year that begins January 1, 2018.
On Tuesday voters across Pennsylvania will decide on amending the current Constitutional language at Article VIII, Section 2bvi that permits local taxing authorities (counties, municipalities,
Voters in Lackawanna County, where the last time a countywide reassessment was performed was fifty years ago, are supposed to decide next Tuesday via a
Back in March we wrote about the City of Farrell, which in November of 1987 became the first municipality to enter fiscal distress status under
There is plenty to digest in the massive gaming legislation that passed the General Assembly this week. There are provisions with local and statewide impact
Under legislation passed by the General Assembly to deal with the budget by undertaking a significant expansion in gambling, the current twelve casinos (seven category
The “report card” in this case is a performance audit conducted by the Pennsylvania Auditor General, which in his opinion “…shows serious financial instability and
We wrote about the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the host fee in the gaming law and how several municipalities and counties had reached