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vol8
No: 78
Science Test Scores Paint a Disturbing Picture of Education
vol8
No: 77
Allegheny County Headed to Court over Plan to Spend Drink Taxes
vol8
No: 76
PAT Bus Service Still Has the Highest Employee Costs in the Nation
vol8
No: 75
Card Check Will Worsen Pittsburgh’s Competitive Disadvantage
vol8
No: 74
Little Cheer for Taxpayers in Transit Contract
vol8
No: 73
Time to Outlaw Transit Strikes In Pennsylvania
vol8
No: 72
Tallying Recent Teacher Strikes Across the Nation
vol8
No: 71
Pittsburgh’s Budget: Legacy Costs Have Large and Lasting Impact
vol8
No: 70
Adding Up the Costs of Pittsburgh School District’s Failures
vol8
No: 69
Promises, Promises
vol8
No: 68
Socking it to the Airlines at Pittsburgh International
vol8
No: 67
Analyzing the Talk About a Transit Shutdown
vol8
No: 66
The Great Transit Tax Grab of 2008
vol8
No: 65
Ending the Tax Referendum Legal Dispute
vol8
No: 64
More Self-Congratulatory Blather about Pennsylvania’s Job Picture
vol8
No: 63
Uncovering the True Cost of Government Retiree Benefits
vol8
No: 62
Does the Developer Have Money for the Grand Plan?
vol8
No: 61
Failed Attempt to Toll I-80 Costly to Taxpayers
vol8
No: 60
A Stacked Deck Favors the Transit Union
vol8
No: 59
Drink Tax Referenda Questions: Ballot Incompatible
vol8
No: 58
The Holdup at Washington Park
vol8
No: 57
Elections Board Referendum Ruling Should Lose On Appeal
vol8
No: 56
County Solicitor’s Opinion on Shaky Grounds
vol8
No: 55
Government as Defendant: A Worrisome Trend in Allegheny County
vol8
No: 54
Taxpayers Backstop Casino Pledge to Penguins Arena
vol8
No: 53
Amphi-Theatrics, Steeler Style
vol8
No: 52
Time for Action on Prevailing Wage Law
vol8
No: 51
Fast Tracked City-County Merger Plan is Now a Train Wreck
vol8
No: 50
Pennsylvania Development Spending: Exorbitant and Wasteful
vol8
No: 49
Aligning City Spending with Its Population
vol8
No: 48
Questions for Barden, Bluhm, and the Board
vol8
No: 47
County Executive’s Comments Trigger Questions
vol8
No: 46
Plan to Toll I-80 Will Need Major Overhaul to Gain Approval
vol8
No: 45
Getting the State Out of Local Law Enforcement
vol8
No: 44
Pittsburgh is Low-Balling its Garbage Costs
vol8
No: 43
Is The State Violating the Law?
vol8
No: 42
Misuse of Wage Data Results in Wrong Policy Prescription
vol8
No: 41
Independence Day Allegheny County Style
vol8
No: 40
Misleading Accounting at the Pennsylvania Department of Education
vol8
No: 39
State Pension Aid System is Fair to Pittsburgh
vol8
No: 38
A Golden but Fleeting Outsourcing Opportunity for PAT
vol8
No: 37
Is There A Limit to Taxable Privileges in Pennsylvania?
vol8
No: 36
Amalgamated Transit’s Outlandish Sense of Entitlement
vol8
No: 35
PAT Costs Still Out of Line With Other Bus Systems
vol8
No: 34
Governor Buys into Seriously Flawed Costing Out Study
vol8
No: 32
Drink and Car Rental Taxes: Controversy Deepens
vol8
No: 31
Audit Sheds Light on County’s 2007 Deficit
vol8
No: 30
Key Changes in the Pittsburgh Area’s Job Mix
vol8
No: 29
Robinson Township Can’t Stand Prosperity
vol8
No: 28
Lung Association Needs to Use More Brainpower
vol8
No: 27
Gaming Board Rolled the Dice on Pittsburgh’s Casino License
vol8
No: 26
Steps to Take Before Merging
vol6
No: 26
Overly Powerful Public Sector Unions
vol8
No: 25
More Unsettling Confusion Emanates From the Port Authority
vol8
No: 24
The Real Merger Lessons from Metro Louisville
vol8
No: 23
Merger Proposal: Too Many Unanswered Questions
vol8
No: 22
An Assessment Model From Our Northern Neighbors
vol8
No: 21
Adding Up the Costs for the North Shore Connector
vol8
No: 20
Crucial Decision Time Comes To Mt. Lebanon
vol8
No: 19
State Support for Education and School District Performance
vol8
No: 18
A Pittsburgh Education Success Story
vol8
No: 17
‘Costing Out’ Study: Prescription for a Taxpayer Mugging
vol8
No: 16
County Council Puts Marker on Gaming Money
vol8
No: 15
Lazarus is Kaput, But Public Subsidies Live On
vol8
No: 14
School Lessons from Milwaukee
vol8
No: 13
Airport Debt or County Investment?
vol8
No: 12
Another Misadventure at the Port Authority
vol8
No: 11
Looking to the Private Sector to Help County Parks
vol8
No: 10
Pittsburgh’s Arts Attendees Not Getting Any Younger
vol8
No: 09
The Governor’s Odd View of Fiscal Management
vol8
No: 08
Dollars and Education Performance: Same Old Story
vol8
No: 07
When Did the County’s 2007 Deficit Appear?
vol8
No: 06
Governor Needs a Reality Check on Jobs Pronouncements
vol8
No: 05
Additional Funding for Sporting Goods Retailer?
vol8
No: 04
Gaming Money Creates Controversy in Allegheny County
vol8
No: 03
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth
vol8
No: 02
Allegheny County’s New Taxes: The Rest of the Story
vol8
No: 01
New Year, Same Old Jobs Rhetoric
