The Pennsylvania Award for Student Success Program (voucher system) of $100 million that would be directed toward low income students attending low-achieving public schools in
Summary: Allegheny County’s services are provided by 6,125 employees, with 4,681 in the executive branch. County government is required by the Home Rule Charter to
Summary: Proposed legislation would enable certain counties in Pennsylvania to enact new taxes, surtaxes and fees to subsidize mass transit and fund transportation infrastructure. This
Summary: Allegheny County’s current property assessments went into effect Jan. 1, 2013, following a court ruling. Pennsylvania law permits counties to use a base year
Introduction: The picture of the strongest and weakest high schools in Allegheny County is a one of two vastly different situations. The 634 Pennsylvania high
Summary: Bus and light-rail ridership on Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) vehicles remains far below pre-pandemic levels. This Brief examines route data for August 2022 compared
Summary: Two previous Policy Briefs (Vol. 20, No. 39 and Vol. 21, No. 23) discussed Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER I and
Summary: Allegheny County’s assessed property values in 2022 stand at $106.5 billion, with $84.4 billion taxable and $22.1 billion exempt from taxation. These figures are
Summary: Allegheny County levies a 7 percent hotel room rental tax that is used primarily for debt on the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and
Summary: As 2020 began, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald touted the economic performance of the county since 2000. As noted in late 2019, an Institute
