Tag: DCED

A WOW Question: At What Cost?

Summary:  The announcement of two new international airlines beginning service at Pittsburgh International Airport in 2017 has been applauded by local officials and the media. 

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Major Assessment Developments for Washington County

 

Two big developments regarding property reassessments have occurred in the last three weeks that will have a tremendous impact on Washington County.  As we noted in our inaugural Brief of this year, the County has been in a court battle with two of its school districts since 2008 over conducting a revaluation of property, a task not carried out since 1981.

 

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Another Entrant into Act 47

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

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Distressing Times

"…it is our recommendation that the City of Harrisburg be declared financially distressed"-Governor’s Center for Local Government Services, Consultative Evaluation for the City of Harrisburg,

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