Introduction: In 2004, the Allegheny Institute published its first report comparing Pittsburgh with the “benchmark city.” The intention was to examine how Pittsburgh fared when
Wagers at the Rivers Casino seemed to have hit a plateau in the fourth week of operations. Revenue data for the week of August 31st
The Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development in a recent speech said Pittsburgh needs to find new sources of revenue to deal
Local government is perhaps the most important to its residents, yet many are unaware of how much their municipality collects in revenues and spends on
Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino received some not so jolly news this holiday season-a credit rating downgrade from Standard and Poor’s. The downgrade from a B- to
With municipalities across Allegheny County setting their budgets for the upcoming year, several are patting themselves on the back for not raising taxes. That is
A PG editorial this morning said that "the sorry condition of Pittsburgh streets is testimony to the fact that the city is not out of
According to Mayor Ravenstahl there is unanimous agreement in his group of government, university and business leaders that Pittsburgh needs a new source of revenue
It was just announced by the state Budget Secretary that the Commonwealth will need to find $750 million in spending cuts to balance the 2012-2013
One of the items on the agenda for County Council this week is to levy the fee on Marcellus Shale activity permitted to counties under
