City Council’s General and Government Services Committee is planning to take up the issue of granting a franchise agreement to Verizon in order for the
The residual effects of Hurricane Sandy postponed until Thursday, November 8th, a hearing to decide if Pittsburgh has satisfied the requirements to be released from
Apparently the Post-Gazette editorial board thinks so. They want the Allegheny County legislative delegation to hold firm for the "modest" tax and fee proposals the
When reporters from around the world write about Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania during their visit in conjunction with the G-20 meeting, what will they say? Of
The Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development in a recent speech said Pittsburgh needs to find new sources of revenue to deal
The Act 47 plan’s Revenue Initiative #1, also known as RE01, instructs the City to "generate at least $10 million per year in local revenue
A recently announced momentous decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has severely limited the power of Act 47 to impose steps aimed at helping financially
Act 32 of 2008 will go into effect this coming January, changing the method of collecting local earned income taxes (wage taxes) levied by municipalities
Does this sound familiar? A city with "year end structural deficits that were addressed by one-time solutions; debt burden in excess of 10% of its
Hard as it may be to fathom now with the City and the college community locking horns over the "Fair Share" tax and "voluntary" contributions
