Summary: Over the past two decades, when City of Pittsburgh voters elected a mayor, the Allegheny Institute made recommendations to consider adopting to improve the
Well, it is here; the Governor’s plan to stop the impending budget calamity created by unfunded pension liabilities. To be sure, the far reaching proposals face a very uncertain future in the Legislature.
Here’s where we rather impolitely say “told you so.” Back during the debate over funding for new stadiums, we pointed out that Pittsburgh was
After a series of court rulings that have gone against Allegheny County government, the Supreme Court finally reached a decision the Chief Executive approves
After receiving little attention in the way of research since the 1990s, the state of the Carnegie Libraries-a public trust of 19 libraries with a
The respective partisan caucuses of Allegheny County Council will soon be meeting to select members to fill the two vacancies caused by Council members who
Pittsburgh Councilman Burgess has introduced a measure to give City voters the power to approve or reject property tax increases. The proposed ordinance calls for
As home rule government begins its second decade in Allegheny County-the effective date of the Home Rule Charter was January 1, 2000-taxpayers and residents of
Question: if Mt. Lebanon school district is limited to a 3% tax increase under Act 1 then how is it that taxpayers woke up
In a decidedly non-Pittsburgh recommendation, The Carnegie Library task force has suggested that if residents are as gung-ho to keep libraries open as they
