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Volume 1
City of Pittsburgh finances
City of Pittsburgh
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vol21
No: 17
Did DCED recover money from a bankrupt company?
vol21
No: 16
State’s lackluster job performance needs help, not hindrances
vol21
No: 15
Reviewing Allegheny County’s 2020 finances
vol21
No: 14
Pennsylvania’s unheralded benefit from shale gas production
vol21
No: 13
Government-mandated sick leave in Allegheny County is still a bad idea
vol21
No: 12
Will the tolling of Pa’s interstate bridges become reality?
vol21
No: 11
Were Allegheny County’s 2021 assessed values affected by the coronavirus?
vol21
No: 10
Reviewing Pittsburgh’s 2020 finances
vol21
No: 09
Pittsburgh MSA jobs data disappoints
vol21
No: 08
Prevailing wage rate debate goes on
vol21
No: 07
Recent developments for Allegheny County’s retirement system
vol21
No: 06
Pennsylvania’s job losses in 2020
vol21
No: 05
Troubles at Pittsburgh International Airport
vol21
No: 04
How did the RAD tax fare in 2020?
vol21
No: 03
Port Authority passengers and finances in the pandemic
vol21
No: 02
Another new year, another turnpike toll hike
vol21
No: 01
Big issues still front and center for Pittsburgh Public Schools
vol20
No: 43
Considerations for the PASSHE consolidation of universities
vol20
No: 42
Business confidence shaken by COVID and state response
vol20
No: 41
Coronavirus: Another reason for predictable reassessment cycles
vol20
No: 40
The state of gambling revenues in pandemic Pennsylvania
vol20
No: 39
What are school districts using federal coronavirus aid for?
vol20
No: 38
Hike in permit fees latest shale industry hurdle
vol20
No: 37
Comparing private-sector employment by state during Covid impacts
vol20
No: 36
Can Pittsburgh International overcome Covid-19?
vol20
No: 35
Is government-mandated sick leave coming to Allegheny County?
vol20
No: 34
Municipal pensions in good shape: will they stay that way?
vol20
No: 33
As fuel taxes dip, will road funding suffer?
vol20
No: 32
PASSHE’s predicament
vol20
No: 31
Coronavirus’ impact on SEA debt
vol20
No: 30
Questions abound over Allegheny County’s demolition fee
vol20
No: 29
Impact fee revenues dip in 2019
vol20
No: 28
CARES act aid to local governments: use, amounts and oversight
vol20
No: 27
Casinos lose big in Covid lockdown
vol20
No: 26
PA’s employment situation improved in June but has far to go
vol20
No: 25
Halting and uneven jobs recovery in the Pittsburgh region
vol20
No: 24
If Keystone exams were a graduation requirement
vol20
No: 23
Coronavirus’ impact on school district tax revenue
vol20
No: 22
Blowing smoke over the region’s air quality
vol20
No: 21
State general fund revenues take a hit from shutdown
vol20
No: 20
Coronavirus’ impact on counties in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area
vol20
No: 19
Coronavirus’ impact on Port Authority ridership and revenue
vol20
No: 18
Pennsylvania’s April employment situation
vol20
No: 17
Estimating lost turnpike revenues from virus lockdown
vol20
No: 16
The coronavirus’ economic impact on Allegheny County’s revenue
vol20
No: 15
What’s in the PWSA’s compliance plan?
vol20
No: 14
Coronavirus impact on City of Pittsburgh revenue
vol20
No: 13
Pittsburgh–Allegheny County merger talk resurfaces
vol20
No: 12
Estimates of employment impacts of coronavirus in the Pittsburgh MSA
vol20
No: 11
Office vacancy rates in Pittsburgh reach 10-year high
vol20
No: 10
What do assessment appeals mean for the Pgh. Mills TIF?
vol20
No: 09
International passenger traffic at PIT in 2019 compared to 2018
vol20
No: 08
A look at SEA’s new allocation from RAD
vol20
No: 07
Gaming options expand in Pennsylvania
vol20
No: 06
State System problems get worse
vol20
No: 05
Pittsburgh Public Schools is still selling property
vol20
No: 04
The state of Pa.’s business climate
vol20
No: 03
Allegheny County’s household employment lagging
vol20
No: 02
Where are assessment and appeal policies headed?
vol20
No: 01
Pittsburgh: Financial and economic changes 2013 to 2018
vol19
No: 45
Local gaming dollar distributions need greater transparency
vol19
No: 44
Pittsburgh region’s October payroll jobs fall
vol19
No: 43
Port Authority bus service still very costly compared to peer agencies
vol19
No: 42
Westmoreland Transit ends contracting arrangement
vol19
No: 41
Pittsburgh’s 2020 budget
vol19
No: 40
Pittsburgh, the U.N. and the schools
vol19
No: 39
PA’s overtime over-reach
vol19
No: 38
Auctions are the remedy for city property holdings
vol19
No: 37
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is wrong for Pa.
vol19
No: 36
Passenger counts in 2019 have weakened abruptly at Pittsburgh International
vol19
No: 35
The ALCOSAN plan: what will it mean for ratepayers?
vol19
No: 34
The Rivers Casino after 10 years
vol19
No: 33
Pittsburgh metro area labor market situation in July 2019
vol19
No: 32
What’s in store for police regionalization?
vol19
No: 31
How are Pittsburgh Public Schools measuring up with new attendance gauge?
vol19
No: 30
Pittsburgh Public school absenteeism and state test scores
vol19
No: 29
Step two of state pension reform commences
vol19
No: 28
Impact fee collection sets new mark
vol19
No: 27
Pittsburgh’s costly and counterproductive sick leave law
vol19
No: 26
Is PIT’s terminal project affordable?
vol19
No: 25
How Pittsburgh stacks up to its peers
vol19
No: 24
Port Authority’s budget could still change
vol19
No: 23
Pennsylvania’s general fund revenues improve while job growth lags
vol19
No: 22
Pittsburgh region school enrollment losses and cost increases since 2000
vol19
No: 21
Can Penn Hills climb the financial mountain?
vol19
No: 20
Population losses being felt in labor market
vol19
No: 19
The Lung Association’s misleading air quality scare for the Pittsburgh region
vol19
No: 18
What do latest Census estimates mean for the metro and Allegheny County?
vol19
No: 17
Pittsburgh International Airport domestic passenger count: 2008-2018
vol19
No: 16
A third tax relief program for Pittsburgh is in the works
vol19
No: 15
Pennsylvania raises the stakes on gaming
vol19
No: 14
Evaluating the hype regarding British Airways’ return to PIT
vol19
No: 13
What’s next for Hill District grocery?
vol19
No: 12
Pennsylvania’s state school funding disparities and irrationalities
vol19
No: 11
The status of Allegheny County’s tax-exempt review
vol19
No: 10
Evaluating the governor’s plan to mandate higher wages for teachers
vol19
No: 09
10-year jobs changes in Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh regions
vol19
No: 08
Beaver County lets court decide reassessment fate
vol19
No: 07
Pittsburgh Metro’s December jobs report disappointing