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Policy Briefs: Vol 3
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vol3
No: 56
The Dark Side of Distressed Status for Pittsburgh
vol3
No: 55
New Study Misses the Point
vol3
No: 54
Distressed…or Just Irresponsible?
vol3
No: 53
RAD and TIF: Not a Happy Combination
vol3
No: 52
Time to Make Hard Spending Choices
vol3
No: 51
Pittsburgh Schools: $15,500 Per Student and Rising
vol3
No: 50
Will Pittsburgh Be Awarded Distressed Status?
vol3
No: 49
School Tax Jump Crippling Pittsburgh
vol3
No: 48
City Tax Supporters are Counterproductive
vol3
No: 47
A Pittsburgh Education Proposal
vol3
No: 46
Act 47: Life Preserver for the City?
vol3
No: 45
A Better Plan for Pittsburgh
vol3
No: 44
Convention Center: Arrogant Mismanagement
vol3
No: 43
Education Task Force Gets A ‘D-‘
vol3
No: 42
Pittsburgh’s Financial Crisis: What the State Should Do
vol3
No: 41
What Did We Get For Our Money?
vol3
No: 40
Loosening the Grip of Binding Arbitration
vol3
No: 39
A Solid Plan to Cut Government Spending
vol3
No: 38
A Critical Mess
vol3
No: 37
Pittsburgh’s Population Plunge Persists
vol3
No: 36
Will the Pirates’ Rebuilding Ever Stop?
vol3
No: 35
Public Safety Spending: Hazardous to Pittsburgh’s Fiscal Health
vol3
No: 34
Too Many School Districts Not Up to Standards
vol3
No: 33
Pennsylvania Teachers: A Privileged Class
vol3
No: 32
Time for a PAT Answer
vol3
No: 31
Pittsburgh: Time to Declare Independence from Politics as Usual
vol3
No: 30
One-Armed Bandits As A Cure-All
vol3
No: 29
Public Sector Unions and Presidential Voting
vol3
No: 28
Cross-Checking the Penguins
vol3
No: 27
A No Tax Plan for Pittsburgh
vol3
No: 26
State Contemplating TIFs
vol3
No: 24
Power to the People
vol3
No: 23
Taking Care of Business
vol3
No: 22
Do Dominant Hubs Boost Regional Economies?
vol3
No: 21
Smaller Classes–More Tax Dollars
vol3
No: 20
Eliminating Exemptions? Not So Fast
vol3
No: 19
A Market Solution for the City’s Deficit Woes
vol3
No: 18
Riverview Teachers Need a Reality Check
vol3
No: 17
The Thrill is Gone
vol3
No: 16
Hubris and Denial
vol3
No: 15
Cincinnati Chagrin
vol3
No: 14
The Convention Center: A White Elephant Already?
vol3
No: 13
Unions Detrimental to Job Gains
vol3
No: 11
Pittsburgh Wears The Union Label
vol3
No: 10
Pennsylvania’s Education Blind Spot
vol3
No: 09
Successful Pittsburgh Neighborhoods
vol3
No: 08
Borrowing Our Way To Prosperity: Lessons Not Learned
vol3
No: 07
The Unpleasant Truth About TIFs
vol3
No: 06
Convention Center Claptrap
vol3
No: 05
Education Rhetoric Versus Education Reality
vol3
No: 04
TIFs and Prevailing Wages
vol3
No: 03
Debunking the 50 Percent State Share of Education Rhetoric
vol3
No: 02
Teacher Testing: A Compromise
vol3
No: 01
2003: Time to Give Freedom a Chance