Category: Colin McNickle At Large

The Associated Press reported — erroneously, it turns out — that Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro “remains steadfast” that there will be no state money available

Pittsburgh City Council is continuing to debate which “inclusionary zoning” proposal should be adopted in its quest for “affordable housing.” Talk about a false choice

In a lengthy and imploring editorial, a local newspaper claims that restoring state transit funding “isn’t a bailout” but “an investment in a public good.”

The Post-Gazette reports that Pittsburgh City Council has approved a major change to its Paid Sick Leave Act. Under the original proposal (which went into

All due props to the Tribune-Review for adding some much-needed perspective to the trope that this week’s U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club will have

At just about every level of government these days, and little matter to political persuasion, the “need” for an “industrial policy” has invaded the psyche

As the Post-Gazette reports it, Pittsburgh Water (the old Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority) has filed for a massive rate increase to “catch up” with

It was six years ago that this scrivener recommended that local public policy makers, those would-be and those of some longevity, would do themselves a

For all the criticism that has been levied on Pittsburgh City Council over the years — much of it well deserved, we must emphasize, for