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Policy Briefs: Vol 11
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vol11
No: 66
A Guide to Helping Taxpayers Understand the Effects of the Reassessment
vol11
No: 65
The Assessment Nightmare Before (and After) Christmas
vol11
No: 64
Pittsburgh Region Jobs Picture is Looking Up
vol11
No: 61
Another Proposal to End School Property Taxes in Pennsylvania
vol11
No: 60
County Tax Exemption Coming to an End?
vol11
No: 59
APTA Misses the Bus
vol11
No: 58
Debunking Fallacy Filled Economic Analysis
vol11
No: 57
Population Changes in Allegheny County Municipalities: 2000 to 2010
vol11
No: 56
An Updated Look at Municipal Spending in Allegheny County
vol11
No: 55
Supreme Court Undermines Act 47 Coordinators’ Authority
vol11
No: 54
Dealing with City Pensions: What’s Next?
vol11
No: 53
Predictable Knee Jerk Reaction to Governor’s Voucher Plan
vol11
No: 52
Defense of Prevailing Wage Law Falls Far Short
vol11
No: 51
Time for the State to Terminate the Duquesne School District
vol11
No: 50
A Regional Transit Authority: Will Consolidation Be Better?
vol11
No: 49
Port Authority Staring into the Abyss—Again
vol11
No: 48
PA: Nation’s Leading User of Local Income Tax
vol11
No: 47
One Young World: Many Local Questions
vol11
No: 46
Carnegie Library System: Comparative Operating Statistics
vol11
No: 45
Pennsylvania Needs To Emulate Indiana’s School Choice Plan
vol11
No: 44
Public Sector Pay Study Completely Misses the Mark
vol11
No: 43
Is a Convention Center Hotel Warranted?
vol11
No: 42
Numbers Improve at Rivers Casino
vol11
No: 41
Marcellus Spin-off Jobs?
vol11
No: 40
Pennsylvania Becomes a Teacher Strike Dinosaur
vol11
No: 39
Is Council Serious About Shutting Down the Parking Authority?
vol11
No: 38
Gauging the Economic Impacts of Marcellus Shale Drilling in the Pittsburgh Region
vol11
No: 37
Backpedaling on Assessment Completion Date
vol11
No: 36
City’s Retiree Benefits Problem Getting Worse Fast
vol11
No: 35
Wisconsin Reins in Government Worker Unions
vol11
No: 34
Gearing Up for the New Assessments in Allegheny County
vol11
No: 33
Bills to End Teacher Strikes Introduced in Harrisburg
vol11
No: 32
Debunking Demographic Hype in the ‘Burgh
vol11
No: 31
What to Do About Mass Transit Costs in PA?
vol11
No: 30
Time to Repeal Prevailing Wage Law
vol11
No: 29
Union Members are a Minority of the Workforce in Pennsylvania
vol11
No: 28
A Lesson Regarding Causation, Correlation, and Costs in Education
vol11
No: 27
Data Revisions Change Region’s Employment Picture
vol11
No: 26
Does RAD Make PAT Mad?
vol11
No: 25
A Farewell to the County’s Base Year
vol11
No: 24
Has Allegheny County’s Population Loss Ended?
vol11
No: 22
After Rapid Cost Increases, Can Universities Make Cuts?
vol11
No: 21
Where was the Oversight on the City’s Last Minute Budget?
vol11
No: 20
Uncertainty and Confusion Abound at PAT
vol11
No: 19
Another View of Heinz Endowments’ Air Quality Findings
vol11
No: 18
Charter Members
vol11
No: 17
Surveying the Pension Landscape in Allegheny County
vol11
No: 16
Pittsburgh Airport Costs Could Hinder Growth
vol11
No: 15
PAT Moves Slowly on Private Bus Service Application
vol11
No: 14
Moratorium Needed on Calls for a Moratorium
vol11
No: 13
Are Changes Coming to the Makeup of the Oversight Board?
vol11
No: 12
County Council Continues Its Irresponsible Voting
vol11
No: 11
Another Misleading Analysis of PA Jobs Turns Up
vol11
No: 08
What Is To Be Done With Pittsburgh International Airport?
vol11
No: 07
Allegheny County Employment—20 Years of Falling Behind
vol11
No: 06
Sunset Review: Better Late than Never?
vol11
No: 05
County Officials Still Trying To Avoid Assessment Responsibility
vol11
No: 04
Voter Approval of Taxes Still Out of Reach
vol11
No: 03
Concerns Regarding Mapping Mortality Reports in Post –Gazette
vol11
No: 02
Is Taxpayer Referendum on Its Way to Pittsburgh?
vol11
No: 01
Council’s Last Minute Pension Funding Plan Raises Many Questions