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Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) is projecting a $28.1 million budget deficit in 2025. That’s up $7.3 million from a prior projection. PPS likely will draw

President-elect Donald Trump has reiterated his opposition to Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel. As with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris before him, it’s what

It certainly is one of the more disturbing photos of the year. At least it should be for property owners in Allegheny County: Shortly after

The latest media reporting has it that taxpayers could be on the hook for $1.2 billion of the Cleveland Browns proposed new $2.4 billion domed-stadium

“Rates for airlines, rental car customers to soar to help pay for $1.57 billion Pittsburgh airport modernization,” read the recent Post-Gazette headline. Of course, the

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

Allegheny County Chief Executive (ACE) Sara Innamorato is defending her proposed 2025 budget and massive (nearly 50 percent) property tax increase by highlighting some of

It is a vast and, supposedly, grand plan that the latest crop of we-know-best central planners have foisted upon taxpayers in an attempt to “rejuvenate”

The Post-Gazette notes that while Pittsburgh continues to “court” a WNBA franchise, there’s growing skepticism about the viability of such a team here. There should

One can tell how unserious a government entity is about prudent governance when its default position is to advocate for higher taxes. Welcome to executive