OP-Ed Volumes: Volume 26

Pittsburgh could face a major budget deficit this year and perhaps a multimillion-dollar shortfall in coming years. And a researcher at a local think tank

Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) has consistently failed to adjust to myriad changing metrics – economic, population and operational — resulting in a continuing higher than

VisitPittsburgh’s estimate of a $177 million economic impact from the city’s hosting of the NFL Draft is not independently verifiable, says a researcher at the

Transit Revitalization Investment Districts (TRIDs) are a politically motivated gimmick to get more people out of cars and into public transit that has run into

A researcher at a Pittsburgh think tank is questioning the Allegheny County Airport Authority’s oft-repeated claim that the now up and running new $1.7 billion

Allegheny County’s comprehensive financial report for 2025, as prepared by the county controller, is a sobering document that should provide local policy makers with plenty

A Pennsylvania legislative proposal to tax digital advertising to fund additional school property tax relief for seniors is not only fraught with legal peril but

“When is enough enough?”   That’s the question a researcher at the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy says elected officials need to be asking about

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed, and the state House has passed, a measure to raise the Keystone State’s minimum wage to $15 an hour

Indeed, “dead on arrival” would be the most apropos way to characterize the chances of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed fiscal 2026-27 Pennsylvania budget being adopted