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Policy Briefs: Vol 9
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vol9
No: 77
Humbug: Coal to the Coalition for More Taxes
vol9
No: 76
Pittsburgh’s Worsening Policy Spiral
vol9
No: 75
Legislature Moves to Squash Tuition Tax
vol9
No: 74
Labor Market Weakness Persists in the Pittsburgh Region
vol9
No: 73
Allegheny County Taxes: The Rest of the Story
vol9
No: 72
Missing the Housing Boom
vol9
No: 71
Summing Up the G-20 Summit
vol9
No: 70
Assessment Fiasco Gets New Life
vol9
No: 69
College Students: Welcome to Taxburgh
vol9
No: 68
County Council Oversteps Yet Again
vol9
No: 67
Pittsburgh Enrollment Decline Forecast to Continue
vol9
No: 65
Eds and Meds Jobs: Another Look
vol9
No: 64
County Officials’ Assessment Confusion
vol9
No: 63
A Look at the 2010 Allegheny County Budget
vol9
No: 62
Lingering Problems at Pittsburgh International
vol9
No: 61
Home Rule Law Needs to Be Revamped
vol9
No: 60
G-20: Did Pittsburgh Come Out Ahead?
vol9
No: 59
Pittsburgh’s Star-Crossed Casino not so Majestic
vol9
No: 58
A Tax Ruling the Supreme Court Ought to Consider
vol9
No: 57
Wishful Jobs Thinking
vol9
No: 56
Another Example of Union Tone Deafness
vol9
No: 55
Is Pittsburgh’s Casino Being a Good Citizen?
vol9
No: 54
Here Comes the Judge…Again
vol9
No: 53
What Happens in a Chapter 9 Bankruptcy?
vol9
No: 52
Casino Revenues Face Uphill Struggle
vol9
No: 51
Will Legacy Costs Force Pittsburgh Into Chapter 9 Bankruptcy?
vol9
No: 50
Pittsburgh Casino Not Off to a Good Start
vol9
No: 49
Pittsburgh Encounters Pension Reform and Doesn’t Like It
vol9
No: 48
What Would PA Gain By Consolidating School Districts?
vol9
No: 47
Assessing Pittsburgh’s Casino
vol9
No: 46
Is The Eighth Grade PSSA Reading Exam Too Easy?
vol9
No: 45
Pittsburgh Schools Still Not Making the Grade
vol9
No: 44
Achievement Test Results and Education Spending
vol9
No: 43
PAT Finances Suffer Despite New Contract
vol9
No: 42
Bluhm on the Hook: But Taxpayers May Get the Bill
vol9
No: 41
Pittsburgh Job Gains in Eds and Meds Are Not Unique
vol9
No: 40
Population Slide Continues in City and Region
vol9
No: 39
The Best Laid Plans Not Good Enough
vol9
No: 38
Silly Season for Meaningless Rankings
vol9
No: 37
City Wants Commuters, Visitors and Non-Profits to Pay More
vol9
No: 36
Recession Deepened in April
vol9
No: 35
Pennsylvania’s Parlous Predicament
vol9
No: 34
Privatizing Airport Parking: Will it Fly?
vol9
No: 33
Spot Appeals: Another Problem Created By Base Year Assessments
vol9
No: 32
Turnpike Renewing Plans to Toll I-80
vol9
No: 31
Act 47 Report Errs Badly with Tax Recommendations
vol9
No: 30
The Stimulus in Allegheny County: The Seen and the Unseen
vol9
No: 29
Reassessments: Rhetoric and Reality
vol9
No: 28
Businesses Balk at Pittsburgh Promise Program
vol9
No: 27
Where Will the Chief Executive Take Assessments Next?
vol9
No: 26
Pennsylvania Budget Debate: Where Does Government’s Obligation Lie?
vol9
No: 25
Supreme Court Tosses Out Allegheny County’s Base Year Assessments
vol9
No: 24
Push for City-County Merger Continues Despite Flaws and Unpopularity
vol9
No: 23
Social Assistance Jobs to the Rescue?
vol9
No: 22
Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates: Economic Development
vol9
No: 21
Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates: Legacy Costs
vol9
No: 20
Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates: Education Policy
vol9
No: 19
Government Wage Mandate Squeezes Low-Income Homebuyers
vol9
No: 18
Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates: Taxes and Spending
vol9
No: 17
Recession Comes to Pittsburgh
vol9
No: 16
Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates
vol9
No: 15
Stimulus Spending on Schools is Inept Public Policy
vol9
No: 14
Differences in Municipal Taxes and Spending
vol9
No: 13
A City Ranking That Won’t Get Much Attention
vol9
No: 12
Casino Led Renaissance?
vol9
No: 11
Regulators Dredging up Trouble for Western Pennsylvania
vol9
No: 10
Fiscal Irresponsibility Reigns in Pittsburgh as Well as in Washington
vol9
No: 09
Pennsylvania’s Largest Municipal Pension Plans in Serious Trouble
vol9
No: 08
Proposal to Consolidate School Districts is a Distraction
vol9
No: 07
Merger Advocates Need Better Arguments
vol9
No: 06
Recession Hits Region’s Employment
vol9
No: 05
Port Authority’s Convenient Memory Loss
vol9
No: 04
Proposal to Lease Parking to Fund Pensions Raises Opportunities, Questions
vol9
No: 03
$553 Million and Counting for PAT’s Big Dig
vol9
No: 02
Why the Surge in the Pittsburgh Region’s Labor Force?
vol9
No: 01
The Pathetic State of the Pittsburgh Public School District