OP-Ed Volumes: Volume 23

Change is in the air with the coming election of a new Allegheny County chief executive (ACE) in November. And once the new ACE takes

The Law of Unintended Consequences will come back to haunt Pennsylvania businesses, their workers and the commonwealth’s economy should the state nearly double the mandatory

  Legislation introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate that would increase the rate of reduction for the onerous Corporate Net Income Tax (CNIT) has the potential

Despite per student annual expenditures of nearly $30,000 that rank among the state’s highest, Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) continued to be a major disappointment when

Pittsburgh’s office vacancy rate grew worse in the first quarter of 2023. And it likely will continue to do so for years, finds a new

Allegheny County yet again has been maligned for its allegedly dangerous air quality.  But this time around, it’s not from the usual suspect, that being

Proposed legislation now before the House Transportation Committee in Harrisburg would enable specific counties to enact new taxes, surtaxes and fees to subsidize mass transit

The Allegheny County Airport Authority used a misleading comparison to make it appear that passenger and operations numbers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) have improved

The next Allegheny County chief executive must make a critical decision on property assessments, says the research director of the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy.

Now that the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled the Keystone State’s school funding model does not meet the state constitutional standard of equity in education,