In 1994 Allegheny County imposed a one percent local sales tax allowed under 1993’s Act 77, the legislation creating the Allegheny Regional Asset District. Act
Taxpayers will be thrilled to know that while deliberations over the state budget continue into their third week and efforts are on to hold off
Under various proposals before legislative committees, PA counties could have the ability to tack on an extra percentage point on to the existing state sales
Call it a strange case of foreshadowing. When the Regional Asset District (RAD) became law under Act 77 of 1993, only a few people other
The state and the City of Pittsburgh are prepared to lean a bit harder on the non-profit sector in order to shore up their spending
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
We’ve written about the Redevelopment Capital Assistance Program (RCAP) before: it is one of many arrows in the state’s quiver aimed at eliminating blight and
In 2008 and a few weeks ago in this blog we explored the idea and the progress in Allegheny County’s plan to look for private
An opinion piece celebrates the start of RADical days, when the assets funded by the 1 percent sales tax created under the Regional Asset District
In the 2013 preliminary budget for the Regional Asset District (RAD), total proposed spending would top $88 million: $85.5 million from the half of the
