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Volume 1
City of Pittsburgh finances
City of Pittsburgh
24
vol4
No: 33
Time to Really Fix Pittsburgh Schools
vol4
No: 34
Shameful School Board Behavior
vol4
No: 35
Impact of a USAirways Failure to Survive
vol4
No: 36
Pittsburgh Commuter Tax: Bad Idea
vol4
No: 37
Budget Tomfoolery
vol4
No: 38
Parking Authority: Time Expired
vol4
No: 39
Reassessment Heartburn on the Way
vol4
No: 40
‘Fiscal Prudence’ School Board Style
vol4
No: 41
Amphitheater Mystery Deepens
vol4
No: 42
Legislators Weigh In On City Finances
vol4
No: 43
Pittsburgh Schools: Unconscionable Spending
vol4
No: 44
PAT Answers Won’t Do
vol4
No: 45
Council Balks at Bailout
vol4
No: 46
Pittsburgh’s New Business Tax Structure: Who Pays?
vol4
No: 47
Defenders of School Spending: Give It Up
vol4
No: 48
2004: A Turnaround Year for Pittsburgh?
vol9
No: 22
Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates: Economic Development
vol9
No: 23
Social Assistance Jobs to the Rescue?
vol9
No: 24
Push for City-County Merger Continues Despite Flaws and Unpopularity
vol9
No: 25
Supreme Court Tosses Out Allegheny County’s Base Year Assessments
vol9
No: 26
Pennsylvania Budget Debate: Where Does Government’s Obligation Lie?
vol9
No: 27
Where Will the Chief Executive Take Assessments Next?
vol9
No: 28
Businesses Balk at Pittsburgh Promise Program
vol9
No: 29
Reassessments: Rhetoric and Reality
vol9
No: 30
The Stimulus in Allegheny County: The Seen and the Unseen
vol9
No: 31
Act 47 Report Errs Badly with Tax Recommendations
vol9
No: 32
Turnpike Renewing Plans to Toll I-80
vol9
No: 33
Spot Appeals: Another Problem Created By Base Year Assessments
vol9
No: 34
Privatizing Airport Parking: Will it Fly?
vol9
No: 35
Pennsylvania’s Parlous Predicament
vol9
No: 36
Recession Deepened in April
vol9
No: 37
City Wants Commuters, Visitors and Non-Profits to Pay More
vol9
No: 38
Silly Season for Meaningless Rankings
vol9
No: 39
The Best Laid Plans Not Good Enough
vol9
No: 40
Population Slide Continues in City and Region
vol9
No: 41
Pittsburgh Job Gains in Eds and Meds Are Not Unique
vol9
No: 42
Bluhm on the Hook: But Taxpayers May Get the Bill
vol9
No: 43
PAT Finances Suffer Despite New Contract
vol9
No: 44
Achievement Test Results and Education Spending
vol9
No: 45
Pittsburgh Schools Still Not Making the Grade
vol9
No: 46
Is The Eighth Grade PSSA Reading Exam Too Easy?
vol9
No: 47
Assessing Pittsburgh’s Casino
vol9
No: 48
What Would PA Gain By Consolidating School Districts?
vol9
No: 49
Pittsburgh Encounters Pension Reform and Doesn’t Like It
vol9
No: 50
Pittsburgh Casino Not Off to a Good Start
vol9
No: 51
Will Legacy Costs Force Pittsburgh Into Chapter 9 Bankruptcy?
vol9
No: 52
Casino Revenues Face Uphill Struggle
vol9
No: 53
What Happens in a Chapter 9 Bankruptcy?
vol9
No: 54
Here Comes the Judge…Again
vol9
No: 55
Is Pittsburgh’s Casino Being a Good Citizen?
vol9
No: 56
Another Example of Union Tone Deafness
vol9
No: 57
Wishful Jobs Thinking
vol9
No: 58
A Tax Ruling the Supreme Court Ought to Consider
vol9
No: 59
Pittsburgh’s Star-Crossed Casino not so Majestic
vol9
No: 60
G-20: Did Pittsburgh Come Out Ahead?
vol9
No: 61
Home Rule Law Needs to Be Revamped
vol9
No: 62
Lingering Problems at Pittsburgh International
vol9
No: 63
A Look at the 2010 Allegheny County Budget
vol9
No: 64
County Officials’ Assessment Confusion
vol9
No: 65
Eds and Meds Jobs: Another Look
vol9
No: 66
Clarifying Pittsburgh’s Employment Picture
vol9
No: 67
Pittsburgh Enrollment Decline Forecast to Continue
vol9
No: 68
County Council Oversteps Yet Again
vol9
No: 69
College Students: Welcome to Taxburgh
vol9
No: 70
Assessment Fiasco Gets New Life
vol9
No: 71
Summing Up the G-20 Summit
vol9
No: 72
Missing the Housing Boom
vol9
No: 73
Allegheny County Taxes: The Rest of the Story
vol9
No: 74
Labor Market Weakness Persists in the Pittsburgh Region
vol9
No: 75
Legislature Moves to Squash Tuition Tax
vol9
No: 76
Pittsburgh’s Worsening Policy Spiral
vol9
No: 77
Humbug: Coal to the Coalition for More Taxes
vol10
No: 02
Prevailing Gamesmanship
vol10
No: 03
Pittsburgh Tax Revenue: A Better Approach
vol10
No: 04
Mandated Wage Mania in Allegheny County
vol10
No: 05
More Reassessment Bluster from the Chief Executive
vol10
No: 06
Return of the Living Wage
vol10
No: 07
Penn Hills Teachers Strike: Mean-Spirited and Spiteful
vol10
No: 08
Harrisburg Contemplates Bankruptcy
vol10
No: 09
Mt. Lebanon Schools Becoming a Taxpayer Nightmare
vol10
No: 10
Can Johnstown Regain its Financial Footing?
vol10
No: 11
Pittsburgh’s Apologists Return with Bad Policy Suggestions
vol10
No: 12
Hard to Feel Sympathy for PAT
vol10
No: 13
Gaming Revenue Impact on Government Spending
vol10
No: 14
Recession Continued to Grip Region Through January
vol10
No: 15
Measuring Pittsburgh’s Financial Performance
vol10
No: 16
Has the Sun Set on Sunset Review in Allegheny County?
vol10
No: 17
Mt. Lebanon Condo Plan Falls Through—Again
vol10
No: 18
Are Public Pensions Becoming a Financial Suicide Pact?
vol10
No: 19
Strike Three: Tolling I-80 is Out!
vol10
No: 20
GreatSchools Ranking of Schools Flawed and Misleading
vol10
No: 21
The Bell Tolls for PAT: Do They Hear It?
vol10
No: 22
Pittsburgh’s Financial Watchdogs Lose Their Bark
vol10
No: 23
Candidates Spar Over Allegheny County Jobs: Who is Right?
vol10
No: 24
“Most Livable” a Dubious and Fleeting Honor
vol10
No: 25
Pittsburgh’s 0.3 Percent Solution Is a Very Bad Idea
vol10
No: 26
Pittsburgh Loses Again
vol10
No: 27
Teacher Union President Needs Some Education
vol10
No: 28
Another Year, Another Weak Start for Pirates Attendance