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Volume 1
City of Pittsburgh finances
City of Pittsburgh
24
vol12
No: 35
Are Public Sector Pension Changes Coming?
vol12
No: 36
Pennsylvania Slides in Another Business Climate Ranking
vol12
No: 37
Business for a Higher Minimum Wage? Say It Isn’t So
vol12
No: 38
Why No State Reports on TIF Program?
vol12
No: 39
PAT Bailout is the Wrong Approach
vol12
No: 40
Pension Battle Still Simmering
vol12
No: 41
Proposed Allegheny Air Quality Regs Could Hamper Growth
vol12
No: 42
Pittsburgh in Denial about Pension Assets
vol12
No: 43
Light is Finally Dawning on Turnpike Debt Growth
vol12
No: 44
Will RAD Funds Be Tapped for PAT?
vol12
No: 45
Will Ohio Gaming Threaten PA’s Casinos?
vol12
No: 46
Big Drop in Pittsburgh PSSA Scores: Why?
vol12
No: 47
Analysis of the Strong Labor Force Growth in the Pittsburgh MSA
vol12
No: 48
Could Assessment Angst Been Avoided?
vol12
No: 49
Pittsburgh Promise Goes for Broke
vol12
No: 50
What Does the Future Hold for Allegheny County’s Pensions?
vol12
No: 51
Marcellus Impact Fee Payments Roll In
vol12
No: 52
Hill District Grocery: The Long (and Getting Longer) Sad Tale
vol12
No: 53
Greener Pastures for the Boys in Blue?
vol12
No: 54
Did Funding Decline Cause Drop in Achievement Scores?
vol12
No: 55
Do Sto-Rox Teachers and School Board Really Care?
vol12
No: 56
ICA: Ready to Go Solo?
vol12
No: 57
Is a Sweet Steelers Deal About to Become Ridiculously Generous?
vol12
No: 58
A Tale of Two Cities’ Schools
vol12
No: 59
PENNDOT Nixes Parkway East Closing Plan
vol12
No: 60
Pittsburgh International Still Struggling With Low Passenger Count
vol12
No: 61
Allegheny County Pension Reform Won’t Happen This Year
vol12
No: 62
Rebutting Business Owner’s Support of Higher Taxes
vol12
No: 63
Diagnosing the UPMC Hearing
vol13
No: 02
Unheralded Source of Jobs Strength in the Pittsburgh Region
vol13
No: 03
Turnpike Tolls Continue to Rise to Pay for Bond Debt
vol13
No: 04
LTV Site Redevelopment Edging Toward Reality?
vol13
No: 05
Another Tax Plan for Pittsburgh’s Non-Profits
vol13
No: 06
An Update on Municipal Finances in Allegheny County
vol13
No: 07
Union Membership Skids and Job Growth Shifts
vol13
No: 08
Governor’s Pension Reform: Does It Have a Chance?
vol13
No: 09
Governor’s Plans for Mass Transit
vol13
No: 10
Should the State Subsidize Pittsburgh to Harrisburg Train Service?
vol13
No: 11
Has the Rivers Casino Hit Its Stride?
vol13
No: 12
Big Tax Hike in the Eastern ‘Burbs
vol13
No: 13
The Senator and the County Executive
vol13
No: 14
Benchmarking Pittsburgh
vol13
No: 15
Is PAT a Burden on Taxpayers?
vol13
No: 16
Employment Growth in the Region Cools
vol13
No: 17
US Airways Taking the Area for Another Ride?
vol13
No: 18
Major Assessment Developments for Washington County
vol13
No: 19
Employment Slowdown Deepens
vol13
No: 20
Pittsburgh Taxpayers’ Debt Load Getting Lighter
vol13
No: 21
Enthusiasm Sags among Commonwealth’s Business Executives
vol13
No: 22
PA Labor Market Develops Signs of Weakness
vol13
No: 23
2012 Drilling Fee Revenue Slips Below 2011 Collections
vol13
No: 24
Legislature Restarts County Pension Reform Effort
vol13
No: 25
Eyes Focused on Pupil Costs in the Burgh?
vol13
No: 26
Teachers and Legislators Getting Schooled on Bad Policies
vol13
No: 27
Marcellus Royalty Payments Rising Rapidly
vol13
No: 28
Should the Legislature Drop Efforts to Get an Omnibus Transportation Bill?
vol13
No: 29
Port Authority Board Appointment Bill Moves Forward
vol13
No: 30
Teachers’ Union Head Claims State Shortchanging Education
vol13
No: 31
Pension Obligations Are Taxing Property Owners
vol13
No: 32
Proposed House Transportation Amendment Serious About Costs
vol13
No: 33
Rural and Urban Roads: Does One Subsidize the Other?
vol13
No: 34
Is the Allure of the Pittsburgh Promise Not Enough?
vol13
No: 35
Analyzing Teacher Strikes in Pennsylvania
vol13
No: 36
Major Changes in the Makeup of the Port Authority Board
vol13
No: 37
Detroit’s Bankruptcy Could Hold Unforeseen Dangers
vol13
No: 38
Could Pittsburgh Be Following Detroit to Bankruptcy?
vol13
No: 39
Will ACA Bail Out Unfunded Municipal Retiree Health Benefits?
vol13
No: 40
Comparing Pittsburgh Metro Job Gains with National Performance
vol13
No: 41
USAirways Merger with American Hits Turbulence
vol13
No: 42
Pennsylvania’s Private Sector Job Growth Sluggish and Unbalanced
vol13
No: 43
Familiar Threads Woven in Harrisburg Recovery Plan
vol13
No: 44
Pittsburgh Area Job Gains Good—But a Mystery
vol6
No: 55
Making Sense of The 2007 Tax Foundation State Business Tax Climate Index
vol6
No: 56
Office Vacancy Rate Continues to Climb in Pittsburgh
vol6
No: 57
The Undermining of Madison’s Competing Factions Principle
vol6
No: 58
City Property Tax Revenues Not Growing
vol6
No: 59
Port Authority Employee Costs Gallop Higher
vol6
No: 60
PA Jobs: Up Some, But Lag Well Behind National Pace
vol6
No: 61
Pittsburgh Schools: Preposterously Expensive But Still Unable to Hold Students
vol6
No: 62
Dig A Hole and Fill It Up: A Metaphor for a Pittsburgh Approach to Job Creation
vol6
No: 63
The Transportation Report: Road Map to PAT Solvency?
vol6
No: 64
Parking Tax Ruckus in Pittsburgh
vol6
No: 65
Where Are the Predicted Transit Riders?
vol6
No: 66
Assessing the Chief Assessor
vol5
No: 02
Note to Pittsburgh Tax Collectors
vol5
No: 03
Cooling Down Fire Bureau Spending
vol5
No: 04
Getting Soaked in Deer Creek
vol5
No: 05
Rethinking Port Authority Subsidies
vol5
No: 06
Funding Crisis? No, It’s a Spending Crisis
vol5
No: 07
The Hollowing Out of Downtown Pittsburgh
vol5
No: 08
Reassessment Controversy: Doing the Right Thing
vol5
No: 09
Addressing the Imbalance in Act 111
vol5
No: 10
Bus Transit Costs–What’s to be Done?
vol5
No: 11
2006 Assessments: Much Better Than Existing Assessments
vol5
No: 12
Assessment Cap: Good Politics, Poor Policy
vol5
No: 13
Rethinking Industry Recruitment
vol5
No: 14
Impact of Assessment Cap Scheme on Downtown Tax Base
vol5
No: 15
Cold Water for Overheated Merger Rhetoric
vol5
No: 16
Denver’s Solution for Mile High Transit Costs