Category: Colin McNickle At Large

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

If you are any kind of news junkie, you’ve obviously heard of the outlandish platform of New York City Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, the

If Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) spent as much time trying to right-size its out-of-whack cost structure as it has been trying to drum up support