Just last week, the state’s capital city, Harrisburg (population 47k), was declared financially distressed under Act 47. Harrisburg becomes the 20th city since the statute
As details of the proposed Fraternal Order of Police contract with the City of Pittsburgh begin to leak out, there is still no indication that
Could a decision to guarantee an authority’s debt on an incinerator turn Harrisburg’s finances to ashes? It seems to be the case as the state’s
The Pittsburgh Public Works Department claims it does not have enough manpower and equipment to deal with the snow problem and cannot hire more people
Last week we analyzed the financial problems related to the debt owed on an incinerator in the City of Harrisburg. The incinerator is owned by
A Tribune Review article of November 8 reminds once again just how desperate the unfunded pension plan situation is for many Pennsylvania communities, including the
Next year marks the end of the current life span of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (ICA) for Cities of the Second Class, commonly known as
Regarding the tangled web of debt between the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, and the Harrisburg Authority over obligations on a trash incinerator and whether
Councilman Burgess-along with his allies in the campaign for "living wage" bill-are still pushing hard for the legislation. In a comment filled with irony, the
Westfall Township, a community of just over 2,800 people in northeastern Pennsylvania’s Pike County, might be the tiny engine that could prompt some thinking about
