Colin McNickle At Large

We are heartened to see that the editorial page editor of a local newspaper has called for the state to take over Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS). That, after a majority...

This is truly an alarming public policy statement regarding economic development in downtown Pittsburgh. It comes from the Nov. 22 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Right now, there’s an imbalance between the cost...

There it goes again: The federal government has taken yet another stake in a publicly traded company. This time it’s EOS Energy Enterprises Inc. We first introduced you to EOS...

It was in 1836 that William Leggett, the outspoken editorial writer for the New York Plaindealer, wrote of finding “something exceedingly impressive in the spectacle which a whole people present,...

Sometimes, Pittsburgh City Council gets it right. The city has eased restrictions on food and retail street vendors with mobile licenses. No longer will they have to move every four...

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh challenging the City of Pittsburgh’s “inclusionary zoning” law. Judge Robert Colville ruled that the...

Perhaps the best news to come out of this week’s agreement to finally give birth to a new and long overdue state budget is the death of the Regional Greenhouse...

RentCafe.com, which bills itself as “a nationwide apartment search website,” is out with a fawning report on the number of buildings – hotels, offices, industrial buildings and schools, among others...

It was with the greatest fanfare last month that Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced a nearly $353 million “investment” by EOS Energy Enterprises to not only relocate the headquarters of...

A local newspaper editorial goes all-out all-a-ga-ga over the federal government’s $80 billion “investment” in Westinghouse Energy Company’s nuclear energy program. It “is a milestone in the U.S. government’s embrace...

Should Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) seriously be giving the concept of free bus fares a whirl – as some “activists” long have advocated — it should look no further than...

As the continuing federal government shutdown stands to suspend the nation’s “food stamp” program beginning Saturday, it’s important to recount two of the standard misrepresentations of the debate. “Food stamps,”...

“Confidence is the most important single factor in this game,” goes the worn golfing aphorism. But when it comes to the United States Golf Association (USGA), “confidence men” appear to...

The good, nay, great, news is that the Pittsburgh Penguins have ceded sweetheart development rights that they never should have been granted 18 years ago to the expansive former Civic...

It appears to be the in vogue thing to do when applying for Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grants these days: Whether it be a government agency or quasi-government...