A co-sponsorship memorandum presented by an Allegheny County state senator would mandate a “uniform five-year cycle” for Pennsylvania’s counties to conduct property reassessments. This would
As of the 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) had 19,764 students but space (functional capacity) for 16,000 more. Thus, in January
Fresh off the passage of Act 53 of 2024, which enables the City of Pittsburgh to create a Longtime Owner-Occupant (LOOP) property tax relief
The Pennsylvania Auditor General’s Office recently published distress scores for municipal pensions. Act 44 of 2009 established distress scores for municipalities (cities, boroughs,
A Jan. 24, 2023, executive order by the mayor of Pittsburgh directed the city’s departments of Finance and Law to “begin a review
On July 22 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a limited appeal to the City of Pittsburgh in the ongoing litigation over the “non-resident sports
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh have shared a similar fate in terms of population decline since reaching their peak levels in 1950, although the Pittsburgh decline has
Following the 2020 collapse of air travel, the passenger count at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) in April 2024 finally exceeded the five-year ago April
A discussion item for the Finance Committee of the Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) board last week was an amendment to the funding agreement PRT
Carrying out a property reassessment in Allegheny County was a campaign issue in the election for the Office of Chief Executive and for
