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Policy Briefs: Vol 6
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vol6
No: 66
Assessing the Chief Assessor
vol6
No: 65
Where Are the Predicted Transit Riders?
vol6
No: 64
Parking Tax Ruckus in Pittsburgh
vol6
No: 63
The Transportation Report: Road Map to PAT Solvency?
vol6
No: 62
Dig A Hole and Fill It Up: A Metaphor for a Pittsburgh Approach to Job Creation
vol6
No: 61
Pittsburgh Schools: Preposterously Expensive But Still Unable to Hold Students
vol6
No: 60
PA Jobs: Up Some, But Lag Well Behind National Pace
vol6
No: 59
Port Authority Employee Costs Gallop Higher
vol6
No: 58
City Property Tax Revenues Not Growing
vol6
No: 57
The Undermining of Madison’s Competing Factions Principle
vol6
No: 56
Office Vacancy Rate Continues to Climb in Pittsburgh
vol6
No: 55
Making Sense of The 2007 Tax Foundation State Business Tax Climate Index
vol6
No: 54
PAT Driver Pay Gouges Taxpayers
vol6
No: 53
Another Useless Ranking
vol6
No: 52
Pittsburgh’s Stalled Wage Tax Receipts
vol6
No: 51
Making Pennsylvania’s Business Tax Climate Competitive
vol6
No: 50
Pittsburgh Job Growth Soft: Complaints Loud and Misplaced
vol6
No: 49
Teachers Strike; Pennsylvania Strikes Out
vol6
No: 48
Predictable Effects of Tax-Supported Mega Malls Come to Light
vol6
No: 47
Commiserating with the Commission
vol6
No: 46
Duquesne Schools: More Money is not the Solution
vol6
No: 45
SAT State of Affairs
vol6
No: 44
Assessment Ball in Court’s Court
vol6
No: 43
Governor Brags About Lamentable Job Growth
vol6
No: 42
Federal Transit Bureaucracy Fails Taxpayers
vol6
No: 41
Pennsylvania Lags Other States in Voter Control of School Taxes
vol6
No: 40
Pittsburgh Jobs Picture a Little Better but Not Good
vol6
No: 39
Take a Gander at a Company That Deserves Applause
vol6
No: 38
Pittsburgh and Duquesne: A Match not Made in Heaven
vol6
No: 37
Transit Agencies Throw Commission Under the Bus
vol6
No: 36
Lessons From Charlotte That Pittsburgh Refuses to Learn
vol6
No: 35
PAT Chairman Repeats Bogus Arguments for Tunnel
vol6
No: 34
Labor Force Slipping in the Pittsburgh Region
vol6
No: 33
Minimum Wage, Maximum Pandering
vol6
No: 32
PAT’s White Elephant Deep in the Red
vol6
No: 31
Gubernatorial Jobs Hype Rings Hollow
vol6
No: 30
Comparing Housing Markets
vol6
No: 29
Union Membership Levels and Job Growth in U.S. Metro Areas
vol6
No: 28
Eating and Drinking in the Pittsburgh Region
vol6
No: 27
Reducing Property Taxes
vol6
No: 25
Pittsburgh’s 2006 Budget
vol6
No: 24
Revenues from Pittsburgh’s New Tax Structure
vol6
No: 23
A Minimum Wage Reality Check
vol6
No: 22
Ineptitude Has Become a Hallmark of the Port Authority
vol6
No: 21
They’re Still Leaving Allegheny County
vol6
No: 20
Pittsburgh’s Future: The Real Story
vol6
No: 19
Transit Labor Negotiations in Pittsburgh and Denver: Different Planets
vol6
No: 18
Economics 101 for Teachers
vol6
No: 17
Overhyped Economic Impact of Playoff Games
vol6
No: 16
Pittsburgh’s Job Picture: the Sad, the Bad, and the Ugly
vol6
No: 15
Base Year Assessments: Bad Policy, Bad Court Decision
vol6
No: 14
More Lessons from a Teachers’ Union
vol6
No: 13
Boston and Pittsburgh: Who Knew?
vol6
No: 12
A Much Better Plan B
vol6
No: 11
Dueling Casinos
vol6
No: 10
A Dose of Reality for City Council
vol6
No: 09
Learning from the North Hills Teachers’ Union
vol6
No: 08
An Update on Pittsburgh Convention Center Attendance
vol6
No: 07
The Connector’s Last Gasp?
vol6
No: 06
A Colossal Failure of Public School Policies
vol6
No: 05
A 21st Century Rail Holdup
vol6
No: 04
The Extravagant Cost of PAT Operations
vol6
No: 03
Another Half-Baked Scheme to Solve Regional Problems
vol6
No: 02
Lots of State Spending But Few Jobs
vol6
No: 01
Tax Dollar Misuse for PNC Project