‘Government-directed municipal suicide’
There’s a troubling contention in a local newspaper editorial that the City of Pittsburgh must raise taxes to extricate itself from its deep and growing
Colin McNickle
July 30, 2025
There’s a troubling contention in a local newspaper editorial that the City of Pittsburgh must raise taxes to extricate itself from its deep and growing
Media accounts have it that Pittsburgh will welcome a new grocery store to Downtown, on Liberty Avenue, and perhaps as soon as the second quarter
Today strikes us as an opportune day to recount some worthy quotes about public policy, sound and otherwise. The authors are purposely omitted so that
Enough really is enough: Yet another lawsuit has been filed challenging Allegheny County’s — and now, the state’s — patently unconstitutional property tax assessment system.
There is a pertinent question that has not been answered in the aftermath of this past week’s much ballyhooed Pennsylvania Energy and Information Summit at
From the email inbox, a reader writes: “Love your opinion piece [based on Allegheny Institute Policy Brief Vol. 25, No. 20] on Pittsburgh Regional Transit
Pittsburgh City Council has rejected an alternative, less-expansive version of an inclusionary zoning ordinance. One down, one to go. The bill, introduced as a flaccid
Spotlight Pa reports that there are “unknown costs” associated with Amazon’s $20 billion promise to build two data centers in Pennsylvania. Do tell. And here
Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor (also the highly presumptive Mayor-elect of the City of Pittsburgh) says county finances are “unsustainable” for the long term. He’s
Happy 249th birthday, America! We once again commend for your thoughtful review a classic retelling of the moment of America’s separation from England, from historian
