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2024
High Gas Prices Threaten Pennsylvania Economy
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State Budget Analysis
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A comparative overview of recent Pittsburgh Schools’ PSSA scores
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Natural Gas Leads to a Cleaner Environment, Stronger Economy
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Proposed State Tax Cut Would Save PA Families An Average of $900 Per Year
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Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh Employment Numbers
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Where Do AFSCME Union Dues Go?
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Union Democracy? Not So Much
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Could Local Sales Taxes be Coming to Pennsylvania Counties?
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Pittsburgh International Airport Passenger Counts
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Allegheny County Reassessment Lawsuit Becomes a Reality
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The Value of Pennsylvania Natural Gas Continues to Grow
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State General Fund Revenues Fall Short of Last Year’s Collections
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Basic Education Subsidy Would Grow and Transform State Budget
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Lavish Spending Will Mean Higher Taxes
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Confessions of a Former Environmentalist: Why I Gave Up on Green Policies
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Time to Throw Chevron Overboard
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PASSHE’s Continuing Woes
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Results of Pittsburgh’s Tax Exempt Property Status
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Lifeline Scholarships Provide Hope to Students in Failing Schools
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2023
A Look Back at 2023, A Look Ahead at 2024
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Small Businesses Don’t Want Carbon Tax
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Dr. Richard G. Jewell: JFK Remembered
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Pittsburgh Area Jobs Struggle to Return to Pre-Covid Levels
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PA House Democrats Cut Education Funding for Low Income Families
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‘Red Tape’ Discourages Business Investment in Pennsylvania
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The Continuing Saga of the Pittsburgh Mills TIF
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Commission Begins Quest for Constitutional School Funding
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What Philly Looters Have in Common With January 6th Protestors
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Skill Games: David vs Goliath
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Inaccurate Property Assessments: Causes, Impacts and Corrective Actions
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EPA Further Threatens Grid Reliability
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Sen. Lindsey Williams Supports School Choice – But Only for the Rich
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Time to End the Keystone Exam Charade
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Moody’s Rating No Cause for Celebration
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Federal COVID Aid is Coming to An End: How Will School Districts React?
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Outdated Township Construction Law Costs Taxpayers Money
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Pennsylvanians Deserve Right to Work
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Lots of Talk, Little Action on Philly Gun Crime
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The Broken Politics of Allegheny County
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Unions Against Teachers
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The Money Behind Opposition to School Choice
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PA State Revenue Growth Slows
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Jeff Yass: The Pennsylvania School Choice Stakes
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Benchmarking Performance Critical for County Executive Candidates
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Jon Anzur: Permitting Reform Critical in Cementing PA’s Energy Leadership
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The Many Benefits of Giving Students a PASS
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Pittsburgh Area Jobs Gains Remain Sluggish Through June
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‘Bidenomics’ vs. Prosperity: Prosperity is Possible
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State Treasurer Stacy Garrity: Senate Should Reverse Higher Mortgage Fees
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Work Together to Save Students in Failing Schools
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Will Cuts in Pennsylvania’s Corporate Net Income Tax Speed Up?
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Don’t Let Pennsylvania Replicate the Minnesota Mess
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You Need a Friend in Pennsylvania
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Tax Reform, Not Tax Credits Will Grow Pennsylvania’s Economy
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Impact Fee Payments Reach Municipal Level
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Pennsylvania Must Withdraw from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
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Impact of Dobbs Ruling on Abortion in Pennsylvania
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Only 21% of Workers ‘Engaged’ in their Jobs
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A Critical Public Policy Issue for County Executive Candidates
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A Closer Look at Allegheny County’s Air Quality
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A Closer Look at Allegheny County’s Air Quality
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Governor Shapiro Should Deliver on His Most Popular Bi-Partisan Campaign Pledge
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Teacher Unions Pick Politics Over Students and Teachers
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Stop Chasing Residents Away With High Taxes
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Don’t Let Zabel Scandal Get Swept Under the Rug
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Sen. Ryan Aument: Don’t Fund A Broken Education System
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Pittsburgh’s ARP Spending: An Update
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What’s Missing from Shapiro’s First Budget?
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Our Economic Illiteracy
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Bus Ridership Still Below Pre-COVID Levels
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Tragic Farce: The Origins and Destiny of Critical Race Theory
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‘Green’ vs. ‘Dirty’ Economics a False Choice
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Sen. Tracy Pennycuick: PA Needs Photo Voter ID
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Pittsburgh International Airport Woes Continue
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Giving Voters a Voice
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Pittsburgh Metro Area Jobs Still Lagging
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PA Teacher Unions Care Only About Lining Their Pockets
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit Contract a Missed Opportunity
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2022
The Twitter Files — Let Us Not Soon Forget
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State Revenue Continues to Grow
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False Assumptions Behind Climate Change Regulations in PA
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Opening Day for PA House of Representative will be Packed with Uncertainty
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The Demolition Fee is Here to Stay
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Prospects for Gas Well Output at Pittsburgh International Have Dimmed
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit Should Right-Size Weak Performing Routes
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PA Gaming Revenue Led by Slots
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Pittsburgh Airport Woes Continue as Junket Visits England
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Allegheny County School Districts: A Ten Year Review
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PA Lawmakers Paid by Entities that Benefit from their Votes
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The Curious Case of Protecting Drop Boxes in Lehigh County
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Pittsburgh Region Jobs Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
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Troubling New Research on Political Bias and Bigotry
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What to Expect from Pennsylvania’s Corporate Net Income Tax Cut
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Three Steps to Make Illegal Guns Like Kryptonite
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Pittsburgh International Passenger Rebound Falters
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What’s Next in Public Sector Residency Requirements?
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The Common Level Ratio in Assessment Appeals
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Senator Judy Ward: Setting the Record Straight on Proposed Constitutional Amendments
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How Pittsburgh and Benchmark Cities Fared During Pandemic
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PA Private Jobs Not Fully Recovered from Pandemic
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R Seth Williams: Krasner Puts Ideology Ahead of Duty
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Impact of Pandemic on Sports & Exhibitions in Allegheny County Detailed
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Who is Investigating Philly D.A. Larry Krasner?
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Port Authority Light Rail Costs Near the Top Nationally
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Philadelphia’s Plummeting Reputation Hindering COVID Comeback
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Allegheny County’s 2021 Assessment Appeals
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ID to Vote Isn’t Suppression, It is Necessary
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Our Students Need a Lifeline
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The Keystone Exams Fisaco
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PA State Revenues Surge in Current Fiscal Year
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Private Employment Growth During COVID
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Turnpike Toll Hikes Roll On
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Wendi Thomas: New Legislative Districts Unfair, Uncompetitive
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Plan for Bridge Tolling a Gift Pennsylvanians Don’t Want
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2021
PA’s Employment Picture Not So Rosy
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RGGI Implementation Delayed Under Expected House Action as Cost of Membership Soars
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School Choice is the Fix for PA’s Broken Public Education System
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Casino Revenues Continue to Climb
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Jabari Jones: Politicizing gun violence is killing Philadelphia — literally
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Pausing in Unison
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Parental Education Rights and Religious Liberty
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Jeremy Baker: Josh Shapiro’s Wonderland
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Is RAD Tax Revenue Headed for Record Breaking Year?
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McSwain: Power of Education Belongs to Families, Not Teacher Unions
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Environmental Extremists Threaten Pennsylvania’s Energy Leadership
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Labor Force Growth Slow to Rebound
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PA Natural Gas Advancing Economic Opportunities, Environmental Solutions
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Pittsburgh Approves American Rescue Plan Spending
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Creating an Election System for 2021, Not Patching One from 1937
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Allegheny County Mid-Year Finances
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Explosive Growth in Home Schooling
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How the State Budget Affects Allegheny County’s School Districts
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Uncle Sam Plays Market
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Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority’s Latest Rate Proposal
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State Revenue Beats Projections Despite Pandemic Lock Down
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To Fix Transportation We Have to Prioritize Transportation
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Allegheny County Assessment Appeals
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Evaluating Pittsburgh’s Private Jobs Recovery from COVID Downturn
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NE PA Communities Reflect National Trends
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Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Shows Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
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Pipelines Deliver the Energy that Powers PA
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Senate Checks Wolf’s Unilateral Imposition of Greenhouse Gas Compact on PA
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Urge Lawmakers to Oppose Wolf’s Unilateral Action on RGGI Energy Tax
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‘Woke’ Penn State University Has Gone Too Far
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Energy Production Important to PA’s Environmental Future
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The Tim Tebow Controversy – It’s About the Culture
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Allegheny County’s Hotel Tax Fell Sharply in 2020
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Economic Policies and Pittsburgh Office Vacancies
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A Look at PA’s COVID-19 Response
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Why the Supreme Court Should Not be Changed
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Easy to Vote, Hard to Cheat
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Reviewing Allegheny County’s 2020 Finances
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Power, Parler, and the Problem of Big Tech
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Pennsylvania’s Unheralded Benefit from Shale Gas Production
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Government Mandated Sick Leave in Allegheny County is a Bad Idea
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The COVID-19 Data That Never Existed
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Reviewing Pittsburgh’s 2020 Finances
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Minimum Wage, Maximum Discrimination
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No Carbon Taxation Without Representation
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COVID-19 Hammered PA Economy, Job Losses Staggering
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Moral Dimensions of the Student Loan Crisis
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COVID-19 Shows the Value of Free Markets
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How Did the RAD Tax Fare in 2020?
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Martin Luther King, Jr. & ‘America’s Promissory Note’
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2020
2020 Year in Review
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Toomey Reigns in Fed Emergency Powers
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Governor Wolf Owns the Shut Down
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Wolf Vetoes Small Business: But There is a New Hope
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Pausing in Unison
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State of Gamblining Revenues in Pandemic PA
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How Are School Districts Spending Coronavirus Aid?
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Policy Brief: Shale Permit Fees
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Philly Area Dems Silent on ‘Court Packing’
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Is Government Mandated Sick Leave Coming to Allegheny County?
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Parkway Homesless Encampment Shows Philly Sliding Backward
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Philly Elections Juiced with Chicago Cash
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Forget Marijuana Legalization, Reform the PLCB First
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Mayor Kenny Has Voted With His Mouth – Open the Restaurants
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Questions Abound Over Allegheny County’s Demolition Fee
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Pastors Send Historic Letter Urging End to Wolf’s Abuse of Power
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Natural Gas Impact Fee Revenues Dip
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Pittsburgh Metro Area Jobs Update
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Coronavirus Impact on School District Revenue
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U.S. Supreme Court Becomes a Super Legislature
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PA General Fund Revenues Take Hit from Shutdown
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Making Philadelphia City Government More Political Wrong Way to Go
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Estimating PA Turnpike Revenue Losses from COVID-19
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COVID-19, Free Trade, and theNation-State
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Small Business Can’t Wait Longer for Affordable Health Insurance
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Unprecedented Times – But Two Things Never Change
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Getting Healthy Citizens and Healthy Businesses Back to Work
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Turzai Bill to Allow Construction Sites to Re-Open
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Minimum Wage, Maximum Damage
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Big Time Spenders: How Money Influences Presidential Campaigns
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Pittsburgh Public Schools Still Selling Property
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2019
Probation Reform Garners Bi-Partisan Support
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Restore PA Repeats Mistakes of Old
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How Climate Change Really Isn’t About the Climate
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Pittsburgh’s Costly and Counter-Productive Paid Sick Leave Law
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Pittsburgh Region Public Schools: Enrollment Down, Costs Up
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Lung Association’s Air Quality Scare Misleading
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2018
Cities Move In and Out of Oversight
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Supreme Court Decision Worse Than Gerymandering
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When Will the ICA’s Lights Go Out?
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Homestead Exclusion Remodel Faces Hurdles
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PA and USA: An Economic Comparison
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2017
Government Must Stop Doing Union’s Work
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Local Share Assessment Fix in New Gaming Law
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Is PA Economy Strengthening?
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Teacher Pay Varies Widely
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Wolf Vetoes Work Requirement for Welfare Recipients
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Equal Ed Funding Not Practicable
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Reforming PA Government in One Fell Swoop
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Supreme Court Orders Hearing of School Funding Suit
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CAP Budget Update
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Analysis of Pittsburgh Airport Upgrade
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Shortcomings in State University System Report
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It is a Tax Hike, Not ‘Recurring’ Revenue
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PA’s Transportation Funding Ironies
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Minimum Wage High Would Cost 400,000 Jobs
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House Members Offer Balanced Budget Proposal
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Senate Passes Severance Tax for Unconventional Well Gas
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House Plan Taps Stashed Money to Pay Bills
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Comparative Look at PA Economic Performance
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Proposal to Trim State Budget Introduced
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$65 Million in Earmarks Hidden in State Budget
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The Stadium Authority That Will Not Go Away
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Port Authority Faces Pesky Issues
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Wolf Nominates ‘Ghost Teacher’ for Labor Secretary
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No Budget Agreement, But Spending Continues
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State Takeover of Pittsburgh Water and Sewer?
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Another Tax Hike Won’t Get PA Out of Bottom Ten
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Two Budget Approaches, Neither Work
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Analyzing PA’s Pension Reforms
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End Horse Racing’s $2.6 Billion Taxpayer Windfall
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State Budget Unbalanced
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Analysis of SW PA Turnpike ‘Extensions’
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Close Budget Shortfall Without Raising Taxes
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Six Benefits of Health Care Bill to PA
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School Spending Facts Contradict Funding Myth
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‘Get Out of Town’ Budget Does Not Inspire Confidence
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Snapshot of Gas Prices in PA and OH
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State Budget Killed Nearly 100 Vape Shops
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$800 Million Radio System Doesn’t Work
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Pittsburgh Police Residency
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Pension Reform: Symbolism Over Substance
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Would Reversing Laurel Pipeline Benefit Western PA?
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PA Shouldn’t Repeat Michigan’s Pension Mistake
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School District Reserves Top $4.4 Billion
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Pittsburgh Loses Court Cases
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The Economic Impact of Opioid Abuse
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Convicted Senator Wants Pension Restored
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Pittsburgh Public School Try Again
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State Pension Fund Takes Baby Steps
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Solutions for Job Creators
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Jobs and State Tax Revenue Tied
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Auditor General Faults Labor and Industry
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Can DCED Recover Money From Bankrupt Company?
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Nuclear Power Industry Wants a Bailout
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Mon-Fayette Expressway on Hold Again
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Major Wolf Contributor Nets $135 Million Contract
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Reassessment Brings Washington County Tax Values Up to Date
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Pension Reform Must Include Funding Reform
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Alco Hotels Want Take Hike to Fund Tourism
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Pittsburgh Authority Problems Mount
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State University System: Problems and Possibilities
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Bill to Address Skilled Craftsmen Shortage Introduced
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Wilkinsburg School Update
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Pensions: Some Illinois Dems Braver than Some PA GOP
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Tax Appeals Result in Increase of Taxable Values
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Wolf Proposes Severance Tax Again
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Increasing Minimum Wage Will Hurt People Who Can Least Afford It
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A Pension Ponzi Scheme?
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AlCO’s Certified Property Values for 2017
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Wolf’s Mathematically Magical Budget
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Cost ‘Savings’ Didn’t Lower Expenditures
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Sluggish Economy Creates State Budget Problem
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Wolf Offers Limited Structural Reforms
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Budget Solution: Eliminate Prevailing Wage
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Tackle the Shadow Budget
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Good News on Paycheck Protection
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Budget Solutions: Cut Corporate Welfare
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Time to Rein in Municipal Regulations on Business
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Governor Wolf: Right Thing, Wrong Reason?
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State Budget Solution: Student Focused Education Funding
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Gaming Revenues Slight Rise in Perspective
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Budget Solutions: Liquor Privatization
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Pittsburgh School District Hammered in Latest Report
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Surveying the Pension Landscape in Allegheny County
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State Budget Solutions: Corrections Reform
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Pirates Threaten Legal Action
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A Year of Cheer for PAT?
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2016
Right to Work and the Recent Election
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PA Population Drops First Time in 31 Years
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Is This Governor Wolf’s Bridgegate?
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ALEC Takes Aim at Pension Fund Cronyism
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Deeper Implications of the Ambridge Teacher Strike
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State Spending to Blame for Low Economic Opportunity
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At What Cost?
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State Budget: GOP Should Go on Offense
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A Hard Look at Pittsburgh School Budget
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PA’s Economic Climate Challenges Nonprofits
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PA Revenue Below Estimate
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What Will Revised Casino Host Fee Look Like?
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ALCo Employment Exhibits No Net Growth
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Should Council and Executive Get Retroactive Pay Increases?
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PA Gets ‘D’ in Public Sector Labor Analysis
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Pittsburgh Reduces Role of Market Economics
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State Jobs and Revenue Gains Weak
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Unions Pour Millions Into PA Elections
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Obstacles to Education Reform
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‘Frankenpension’ Update
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‘Frankenpension’ Should Frighten Taxpayers
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Symphony Orchestra Travails Come to Pittsburgh
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Fact Checking Property Tax Claims
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PA Business Climate Sluggish
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Recent Weakness in Jobs and Earnings in Pittsburgh MSA
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PA Highway’s Expensive
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State Employee Costs Up $500 Million
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City of Pittsburgh Labor Stats
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Another Harsh Lesson About TIFs for Retail
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ALCO: Long Term Changes
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Guard Your Wallets!
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A Back to School Quiz
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Why Don’t They Cut Costs First?
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PA Gaming Revenue: Interesting Patterns
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Alco Assessments: Trouble Looming?
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Pittsburgh and Benchmark City Comparisons: 2016
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Electrical Workers Union Under Federal Investigation
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Municipalities’ Share of RAD Tax Revenue
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Cities Ranking: Flawed, Misleading
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PA’s ‘Balanced Budget’ Falling Apart
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School Taxes Up in Alco
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Games, eBooks, Music? There is a Tax for That
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PA Liquor System Restrictive
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Income Inequality Top Democrat Concern
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Big Government Killing Philly
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Loss for ‘Ghost Teachers,’ Win for Taxpayers
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Why is RAD Still Funding PAT?
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Supreme Court, Terrorism Top Concerns
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Shale Gas Fee Collections Drop Sharply
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PA General Fund Revenue Growth Slows Dramatically
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Will Lawmakers Renege on Tax Pledge?
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Senate Budget Hides Millions in New Spending
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Five Major Flaws in House Budget
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Housing Task Force Punts on Appeals Policy
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Don’t Just ‘Get it Done’
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Good News, Bad News on State Budget
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Online Gaming? Not Worth Pursuing
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PAT Looks at Fare Changes
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Pension Reform Overpromises, Underdelivers
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Lesson to Learn from Philly Bait and Switch
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Liquor Modernization: Better Than Nothing
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A Snap Shot of Recent Light Rail Statistics
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Expansion Improves Convenience, Falls Short
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Pittsburgh’s Dramatic Population Changes
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Riverfront Zoning Proposal Much Improved
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PA House Enters Fight Atainst Unfair Trade Practices
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Legislators Proposed Revolutionary Change to Budget Process
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PA Steel Industry Faces Challenges
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Tax Hike Alternatives Could Spare Taxpayers
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A Jobs Tale of Two PA Cities
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Wrong Formula for Pension Reform
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Will Wolf Side With Bad Teachers?
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Bringing Fiscal Discipline to Pittsburgh
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Who is Watching the Watchers?
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Cutting Unfunded Pension Liabilities Down to Size
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Gaming Revenues Rose in 2015
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ICA Reports Not Filed
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Another School Strike in PA
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Our Imperial Governor Strikes Again
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Crash and Burn
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More Successful Assessment Appeals
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Revisions Wipe Out Pittsburgh Job Gains
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DEP Secretary’s Math Doesn’t Add Up
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Alco: Property Tax Update
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Teacher Pension System Lost Money
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Passenger Count Up at Pittsburgh Airport
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Wolf Temporarily Reverses Course on Pension Commission
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Are Pennsylvania Schools Underfunded?
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PA Budget Enters Bizarro World
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Tomlinson Conflict of Interest Persists
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Proposed Zoning Changes Could Harm Navigable Rivers
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Ghost Teachers Costing Taxpayers Millions
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Reality in Education Funding Would be Helpful
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A Ridiculous Waste of Taxpayer Money
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Wolf Budget Includes Retroactive Tax Hike
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Jobs Report Short on Reliability
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Alco Certified Property Values
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Wolf Demands More Spending
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Pittsburgh Schools’ Insolvency Postponed
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Do Rankings Provide True Picture of Business Climate?
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Stadium Authority Report Needs Clarification
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Guiding Principles and Policy Perscriptions
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2015
Dear Santa
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Is the Senate Negotiating in Good Faith?
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Shine Light on Sports and Exhibition Authority
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Senate Budget Charts an Unsustainable Course
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A Solution to the ICA-City Squabble
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Impact of New State Education Funding Formula
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Teacher Strikes – Again
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Pittsburgh Mayor Orders Wage Hikes
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Philly Teacher Union Diverts Pension Funds
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Time to Revamp PA’s School Performance Profile
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Is Internet Gaming a Good Bet for PA?
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Union Bullying Bills Heads to Governor’s Desk
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Budget Impasse Not Halting State Government
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Sen. Bartolotta Backs Uber, Lyft
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Common Core Tests Create Challenging Results
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Union Yes, Special Union Privileges No
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Preventing Tax Rate Increases in PA
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Gaming Money for Economic Development
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Facts on Wolf Tax Hike Plan
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Wilkinsburg Sends Students to Pittsburgh
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More Education Funding: The Real Story
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Broken Promises of Green Energy Programs
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PA Jobs Report: Caution Advised
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Reassessments Roll Out in Western PA Counties
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Is a ‘Family Wage’ in Pittsburgh’s Future?
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Why Would Wolf Want to Send Kids Back to Failing Schools?
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Pittsburgh Parking Taxes
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Wilkinsburg Education: Looking for Answers
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Union Hypocrisy
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How State Redevelopment Projects Really Work
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PA Wrongly Endorses Carbon Rules
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Bad Legislation Never Dies
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Pittsburgh’s Sick Leave Bill
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Municipal Spending in Allegheny County
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Will School Takeover Process Work?
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Wolf Vetoes Pension Reform
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Allegheny County Assessment Appeals
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Wolf Vetoes Budget: Pushes Tax Hikes
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A Busy Day in Harrisburg
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Education Funding Distraction Part 2
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Education Funding Commission a Distraction
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Pittsburgh Region Ranks Low in Business Startups
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Golden Oldie: School Funding
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Evaluating House Property Tax Bill
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Wolf Administration Demonizes Pension Reform
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Pittsburgh Job Counts Revised
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Senate Pension Plan Step in Right Direction
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Since We’re Paying for It . . .
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Latest Bogus Allegheny County Air Quality Report
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Study: Wolf Budget Will Stifle Job Creation
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Big Labor’s PA Supreme Court Pick
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Privatization Could Reduce PAT Costs
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Will Governor Wolf Call for Kane Resignation?
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Another Punitive Wrinkle to Severance Tax
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A Caution on Property Tax ‘Reform’
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Governor’s Budget Proposal Non-Starter
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Unbundling the Governor’s Tax Shift Proposals
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Budget: Starting from Scratch
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Wolf Budget: Good, Bad, Ugly
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Assessment Appeals Push Taxable Value Higher
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PA Union Membership: What Is It Telling Us?
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PA Doesn’t Need an Extraction Tax
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Marcellus Impact Fee Benefits Western PA
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Wolf’s Medicaid Expansion: Flushing $95 Million
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Gaming Revenues Still Slumping
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Tom Wolf Has Big Plans
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Laws Are for Other People
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Fuel Tax Increase Greets Motorists
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Any Changes to Local Pensions?
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2014
Allegheny Institute: 2014 Year in Review
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Another Spike in Pension Costs
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Attorney General Spends Millions on Outside Legal Counsel
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House GOP in Good Hands
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Is Pittsburgh Airport Traffic Taking Off?
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More Nonsense about School Funding and Academics
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Allegheny County Becomes a ‘Cab Lab’
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Opportunity Knocks for GOP
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House and Senate Leadership Changes
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PA’s Higher Education System Woes
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Taxation Without Representation?
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Searching for a Problem to Solve
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A Look at Proposed 2015 Pittsburgh Budget
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Redeveloping the Lower Hill
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Scholarship Program Saves Billions
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Downtown Development and Prevailing Wage
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Six False Claims by the EPA to Control Waterways
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Is Senate GOP Leader Impediment to Reform?
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Pittsburgh Magnet Schools: How Are They Doing?
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Do Public Meetings Need More Sunshine?
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Talking Climate Change with Glenn Marsch
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How Are PA’s Big City Pensions Faring?
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Corbett Takes on Common Core
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The EPA’s Unchecked Agenda
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What Could You Do With $14,500?
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Will Tax for Distressed Municipalities Bypass Pittsburgh?
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Very Little Evidence for Common Core
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Walk Away from Healthy PA
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Have Slots Revenue Hit the Jackpot?
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Talk of Another School Merger
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Overtime DeJa Vu at PAT
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Land Banks: What Are They?
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Crony Capitalism at Its Finest
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Pittsburgh Region Fares Poorly in Business Climate Survey
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Math is Hard for Philly School Administrators
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PMA Profile: Warren Kampf
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Pittsburgh Parking Rates Going Up
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Privatizing Garbage Deserves Another Look
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Third Sunset Review of County Government Completed
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PA Bond Rating Downgraded
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How to Spur Job Growth
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Leisure and Hospitality Job Gains
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Is the Public Well Served by the PUC?
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State Budget Progressing
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Potential Impact of Parking Rate Hike Plan
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State Budget Facing More Troubles
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How Much is Corruption Costing You?
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Police Residency Requirements: A Survey
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Pittsburgh Faces Major Budget Problem
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We Don’t Have to Choose Good Jobs or Clean Environment
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Hide Your Wallets; It’s Budget Season in Harrisburg
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Is Taxpayer Relief Act Working?
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Measuring PAT’s Light Rail Performance
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Does the Law Apply Equally?
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PA Business Not Optimistic
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Minimum Wage Side Show
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More Disappointing Pittsburgh Labor Data News
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PA Does Not Need an Extraction Tax
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The Blaze Q & A with Dr. Paul Kengor
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What Happened to Pittsburgh Job Strength?
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The Problem of School Absenteeism
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Lessons from Pittsburgh Cab-Rideshare Battle
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Mt. Lebanon Property Assessments
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Shocking Revisions to Pittsburg Employment Numbers
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Marcellus Impact Fee: What’s Happening?
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ACT 88 Impact on Port Authority
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Is State Education Funding Unfair?
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An Education Proposal for Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh International Still Struggling
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Transportation Bill Brings Change
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PAT’s Coming Windfall
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F&M Poll
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Has Mt. Lebanon TIF Saga Ended?
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Static Over TV Program Funding
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Another Year, Another Hike in Turnpike Tolls
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Who is Right Regarding Pittsburgh’s Distressed Status?
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2013
Key Details of Transportation Bill
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The Value of Just Showing Up
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PSEA Funded Anti-GOP Group
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Pittsburgh School Spending
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911: A State of Financial Emergency?
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Will Legislature Finally Amend Prevailing Wage Law?
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Pittsburgh School Enrollment Decline No Surprise
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County Drink Tax for Mon Valley Shuttle?
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PA Slots Revenue Weakened
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NFIB Video Takes on Union Dues Deductions
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Tax Foundation Updates Flawed State Ranking
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How Fares the PA Economy?
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Constructing a Gaming Money Ledger
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How is Prioritizing Spending on Bridges Offensive?
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Looking Anew at School District Mergers
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Tackle Highway Funding, Mass Transit Separately
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Pittsburgh Area Job Gains Good
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Familiar Threads in Harrisburg Recovery Plan
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Will ACA Bail on Unfunded Municicpal Retiree Health Benefits?
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Philly Dems Pick Union Boss to Negotiate with Himself
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Major Changes in PAT Board
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Egypt Confronts Modernity
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A Third Sensible, On-Time State Budget
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Is the Pittsburgh Promise Not Enough?
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Rural and Urban Roads
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Pension Costs Just a Guess
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Transportation Amendment Serious About Costs
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Obama Energy Strategy Falls Short of Rhetoric
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Pension Obligations Taxing Property Owners
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Shortchanging Education?
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Port Authority Board Bill Moves Forward
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Marcellus Royalty Payments Rising Rapidly
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Legislature Restarts Pension Reform
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Drilling Fee Revenue Slips Below 2011 Collections
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Social Impacts of Liquor Privatization
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PA State Budget 2013-2014
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US Airways Taking Pittsburgh for Another Ride?
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Government Reform Caucus
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An Update on Municipal Finances in Allegheny County
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Another Tax Plan for Pittsburgh’s Nonprofits
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LTV Site Redevelopment Edging Toward Reality?
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Turnpike Tolls Rise to Pay Bond Debt
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Unheralded Source of Job Strength in Pittsburgh Region
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Report: Seniors Benefit from Improved Lottery
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Supreme Court in Reassessment Thicket
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2012
Pittsburgh International Struggles
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A Tale of Two Cities’ Schools
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Sweet Deal for Steelers?
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Do Sto-Rox Teachers and School Board Really Care?
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Did Funding Decline Cause Drop in Achievement Scores?
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Hill District Grocery
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No More Per Diem Piggy Bank for Lawmakers
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Pittsburgh Promise Goes for Broke
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Economic Development or Legal Plunder?
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Analysis of Pittsburgh MSA Labor Force Growth
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Affordable Care Act: PA’s Costs
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V&V Q&A: Main Street, and QE3
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Big Drop in Pittsburgh PSSA Scores
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Will Ohio Gaming Threaten PA Casinos?
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Will RAD be Tapped for PAT?
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Principles for Public Pension Reform
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Light is Dawning on Turnpike Debt Growth
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Pittsburgh in Denial About Pension Assets
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Proposed AlCo Air Regs Could Hamper Growth
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Pension Battle Still Simmering
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PAT Bailout is the Wrong Approach
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PA Slides in Another Business Climate Ranking
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Are Public Sector Pension Changes Coming?
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Union Political Spending Exceeds Donations
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SW PA Job Growth Reviewed
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School Property Tax Reform Must Start with Cost Containment
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Pittsburgh Promise Raises Money, But Misses Primary Goals
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Lawmakers, Businesses Can Rescue Students Now
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Alco: Appeals of Homes Recently Sold
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Questons About Property Tax Reform Bill
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County Executive Vows to Fix Port Authority
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Selling Unused Building Will Benefit Pittsburgh School District
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Is it Sayonara to Property Taxes in Allegheny County?
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Port Authority’s Deal with the Devil
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Has Business Executive Optimism Faded?
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Lung Association Doesn’t Tell All
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Allegheny Institute: Assessment Changes
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Counties Vote to Impose Gas Well Fee
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Assessment Task Forces Shies From Solutions
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State Spending Limits Policy Points
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Revisions Boost 2011 Job Gains Estimates
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School District Seeks Answers
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PA State and School Pension Costs
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Assessing the Allegheny Reassessment Accuracy
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PA Corrections Spending
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PA Hits Bottom in New Business Tax Ranking
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A Funding Proposal to Alleviate PAT’s Financial Woes
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Alco Airport Authority Involved in Privatization Effort
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PA K-12 Education Spending
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Assessing the Marcellus Well Impact Fee
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CF: PA Welfare Spending
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Washington County Assessment Appeal Tossed
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PA Welfare System Unsustainable
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PA’s Prevailing Wage Law
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Millage Change Requirements Following Reassessments
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Solving PAT’s Financial Woes
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Turnpike Drowning in Debt
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Alco Municipalities Holding Own on Pensions
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Alco Tax Hike: A Regional Perspective
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2011
Pittsburgh Region Jobs Picture Looking Up
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Another Proposal to End School Property Taxes
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County Tax Exemption Coming to an End?
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Transportation Study Misses the Bus
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Debunking Keystone Research
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Population Changes in Allegheny County Municipalities
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Update on Municipal Spending in Allegheny County
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Government Unions Steal Worker Freedom
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Supreme Court Undermines Act 47
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Dealing with City Pensions: What’s Next?
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Cows, Communists, Cell Phones – and Wall Street
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Time for State to Terminate Duquesne School District
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Defense of Prevailing Wage Law Falls Short
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PA: Naton’s Leading User of Local Income Tax
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One Young World: Many Local Questions
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Public Sector Pay Study Misses Mark
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Sexual Anarchy: The Kinsey Legacy
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Numbers Improve at Rivers Casino
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Is Pittsburgh Council Serious About Shutting Down Parking Authorty?
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Economic Impact of Marcelus Shale in Pittsburgh Region
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Backpedaling on Assessment Completion Date
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Pittsburgh Retiree Benefits Problem Getting Worse
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Wisconsin Reins in Government Worker Unions
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Cut, Cap, Balance
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Alco: Gearing Up for New Assessments
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PA’s Failing, Violent Schools
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Bills to End Teacher Strikes Introduced
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PA Budget Facts: Pensions
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Debunking Demographic Hype in the ‘Burgh
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What to Do About Mass Transit Costs in PA?
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Time to Repeal Prevailing Wage Law
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Welfare & Medicaid Spending Skyrockets
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Union Members Minority of PA Workforce
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A Lesson on Costs and Causes in Education
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PA Budget Facts: Natural Gas Taxes
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Data Revisions Change Region’s Unemployment Picture
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PA Budget Facts
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Alco ‘Base Year’ Assessment Plan Failing
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Has Allegheny County Population Loss Ended?
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Education Employment Grows by Leaps and Bounds
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After Rapid Cost Increases, Can Universities Cut?
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Where Was Pittsburgh Budget Oversight?
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Uncertainty and Confusion Abound at PAT
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Another View of Heinz Endowment Air Quality Findings
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Charter Members
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Pensions Landscape in Allegheny County
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Streamlining State Government
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Pittsburgh Airport Costs Hinder Growth
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PAT Moves Slowly on Private Bus Service
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Moratorium Needs on Calls for Moratoriums
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CF Grades Corbett Budget Address
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Are Changes Coming to the Oversight Board?
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Allegheny County Council Continues Irresponsible Voting
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Another Misleading Analysis of PA Jobs
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New Hampshire Flirts with Right to Work
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Promise Program Sends a Better Message
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What to Do About Pittsburgh Airport?
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Commonwealth Foundation on S.B. # 1
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Allegheny County Employment: 20 Years of Falling Behind
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Sunset Review: Better Late Than Never?
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County Officials Avoid Assessment Responsibility
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Corbett’s Plan: This is Reform?
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Voter Approval of Taxes Out of Reach
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Fixing Rendell’s Mess
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P-G ‘Mapping Mortality’ Raises Concerns
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Is a Taxpayer Referendum on Its Way to Pittsburgh?
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Pittsburgh Council Pension Funding Raises Questions
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2010
IS the Capital City Headed for Bankruptcy?
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Rivers Casino Profitability Disadvantage
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Crucial Decision Time for the SPC
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Brookings Tells Us Nothing About Pittsburgh Economy
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State Must Act Now to Fix the Port Authority
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A Plant o Mitigate Bus Service Cuts
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PAT Bus System Still Expensive
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Getting Serious About Public Sector Pensions
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What Will Become of Oversight Board?
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Union Pension Bailout & Generational Theft
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Are Pittsburgh School Luchring Toward Fiscal Nightmare?
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Pittsburgh School Enrollment Slide Continues
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Health Care Reform: An Update
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Garage Privatization Should Remain Option in Pittsburgh
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What Will a State Pension Takeover Mean for Pittsburgh?
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Will Leased Parking Garages be a Tax Shelter?
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Has Recession Loosened Its Grip on the Pittsburgh Region?
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V&V Q&A with Dr. Paul Kengor on Dupes
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Improving Home Rule in Allegheny County
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Will Table Games Solve Rivers Casino Revenue Problems?
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Comparing Municipality Employee Counts
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PA SAT Scores Point to Futility of Higher Spending
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Natural Gas: Myths v Facts
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Can County Corral Authorities?
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Merging Municipal Functions into Counties: A Bad Idea
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No Labor Day Joy in Pittsburgh
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Why So Many Non-Teaching Employees in Pittsburgh?
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Corporate Welfare Apologists Never Give Up
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Time to Fix Hole in Allegheny County’s Oath of Office
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Sunset Review Still Hasn’t Seen Light of Day
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Casino Anniversary: A Disappointing Year
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Senatorial Connector Criticism Gets Lame PAT Response
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Has SPC Derailed Flex Plan?
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PA #1 in Teacher Strikes
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Unemployment Comp Debate Missing Key Points
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Flexible Healing of PAT is No Cure
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Pittsburgh’s Pension Solution
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Proposed Pittsburgh Parking Lease
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What Will Pittsburgh Parking Study Accomplish?
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Rendell Gets It Wrong on Education Spending
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Legal Reform Proposals Miss the Mark
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
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Port Authority Irresponsibility: A Never Ending Story
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Rivers Casino Credit Rating Drops to Dismal Low
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PA’s Anti-Growth Trifecta
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PA Budget Facts 2010
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Is Port Authority Headed for a Federal Bailout?
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Rivers Casino Revenue Up, But Below Expectations
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Another Weak Start for Pirate Attendance
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Sorry Governor, That’s Not Correct
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Teacher Union President Needs Some Education
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Pittsburgh Loses Again
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Pittsburgh’s 0.3% Solution is a Very Bad Idea
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‘Most Livable’ a Dubious, Fleeting Honor
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Candidates Spar Over Allegheny County Jobs
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Pittsburgh’s Financial Watchdogs Lose Their Bark
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The Bell Tolls for PAT: Do They Hear It?
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Great Schools Ranking of Schools Flawed
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Strike Three: Tolling I-80 is Out!
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Are Public Pensions Becoming a Financial Suicide Pact?
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Mt. Lebanon Condo Plan Falls Through – Again
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Has the Sun Set on Sunset Review in Allegheny County?
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Measuring Pittsburgh’s Financial Performance
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Recession Continues to Grip Region
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CF: The Case for a Citizen Legislature
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Gaming Revenue Impact on Government Spending
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Hard to Feel Sympathy for PAT
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Commonwealth Foundation Budget Facts
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Pittsburgh’s Apologists Return with Bad Policy Suggestions
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Can Johnstown Regain its Financial Footing?
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Mt. Lebanon Schools Become a Taxpayer Mightmare
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Allegheny Institute: Harrisburg Contemplates Bankruptcy
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Penn Hills Teacher Strike Mean-Spirited and Spiteful
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Allegheny Institute: Return of the Living Wage
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More Reassessment Bluster from the Chief Executive
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Mandated Wage Mania in Allegheny County
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Pittsburgh Tax Revenue: A Better Approach
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Prevailing Gamesmanship
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Time for More Transparency in Government
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Commonwealth Foundation Guide to Electric Choice
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2009
Humbug: Coal to the Coalition for More Taxes
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Pittsburgh’s Worsening Policy Spiral
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Allegheny Institute: Legislature Moves to Squash Tuition Tax
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Labor Market Weakness Persists in Pittsburgh Region
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Allegheny Institute: Allegheny County Taxes: The Rest of the Story
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Spending Transparency & Accountability
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Missing the Housing Boom
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Every Generation Needs a Revolution
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Summing Up the G-20 Summit
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Assessment Fiasco Gets New Life
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College Students: Welcome to Taxburgh
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Allegheny Institute: County Council Oversteps Yet Again
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Pittsburgh Enrollment Decline Forecast to Continue
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Allegheny Institute: Clarifying Pittsburg’s Employment Picture
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Eds and Meds Jobs: Another Look
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Stronger Graduation Requirements Pay Off in the Long Run
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Allegheny Institute: County Officials’s Assessment Confusion
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Allegheny Institute: A Look at the 2010 Allegheny County Budget
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Lingering Problems at Pittsburgh International
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Allegheny Institute: Home Rule Law Needs to be Revamped
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G-20: Did Pittsburgh Come Out Ahead?
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Pittsburgh’s Star Crossed Casino Not So Majestic
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Allegheny Institute: A Tax Ruling the Supreme Court Ought to Consider
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Allegheny Institute: Wishful Jobs Thinking
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Allegheny Institute: Another Example of Union Tone Deafness
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Is Pittsburgh’s Casino Being a Good Citizen?
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Allegheny Institute: Assessment Saga Continues
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Allegheny Institute: What Happens in Chapter 9 Bankruptcy?
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Allegheny Institute: Casino Revenues Face Uphill Struggle
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Allegheny Institute: Pittsburgh Casino Not Off to a Good Start
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Allegheny Institute: Pittsburgh Encounters Pension Reform and Doesn’t Like It
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Allegheny Institute: What Would PA Gain by Consolidating School Districts?
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Allegheny Institute: Assessing Pittsburgh’s Casinos
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Policy Points: Quick Facts from the Commonwealth Foundation
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Allegheny Institute: Is the eighth grade PSSA reading exam too easy?
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Quick Facts from the Commonwealth Foundation: Electricity Restructuring and Rate Caps
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Allegheny Institute: Pittsburgh Schools Still Not Making the Grade
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Allegheny Institute: Achievement Test Results and Education Spending
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Allegheny Institute Policy Brief: PAT Finances Suffer Despite New Contract
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Allegheny Institute: Bluhm on the Hook: But Taxpayers May Get the Bill
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Allegheny Institute: Pittsburgh Job Gains in Eds and Meds Are Not Unique
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Allegheny Institute: Population Slide Continues in City and Region
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Budget Fact s 2009
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Allegheny Institute: The Best Laid Plans Not Good Enough
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Allegheny Institute: Silly Season for Meaningless Rankings
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City Wants Commuters, Visitors and Nonprofits to Pay More
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Allegheny Institute: Recession Deepened in April
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Budget Facts 2009: From the Commonwealth Foundation
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Allegheny Institute: Privatizing Airport Parking: Will it Fly?
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Spot Appeals: Another Problem Created by Base Year Assessments
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Policy Brief: Turnpike Renewing Plans to Toll I-80
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Allegheny Institute: Act # 47 Errs Badly with Tax Recommendations
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Will More Government Spending Stimulate the Economy?
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Allegheny Institute: The Stimulus in Allegheny County: The Seen and the Unseen
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Allegheny Institute: Reassessments: Rhetoric and Reality
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Businesses Balk at Pittsburgh Promise Program
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Where Will the Chief Executive Take Assessments Next?
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Allegheny Institute: PA Budget Debate: Where Does Government’s Obligation Lie?
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Supreme Court Tosses Out Allegheny County’s Base Year Assessments
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Allegheny Institute: Push for City-County Merger Continues Despite Flaws, Unpopularity
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Can PA Cut Spending and Still Provide Essential Programs & Services?
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Allegheny Institute: Social Assistance Jobs to the Rescue?
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Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates: Economic Development
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Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates: Legacy Costs
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IS PA a Friendly Place for Job Creators?
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Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates: Education Policy
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Government Wage Mandate Squeezes Low Income Homebuyers
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Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates: Taxes and Spending
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PA Deficit Watch
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Recession Comes to Pittsbsurgh
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Common Sense for Mayoral Candidates
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Commonwealth Foundation: Should State Government Borrow More Money?
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Stimulus Spending on Schools in Inept Public Policy
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Differences in Municipal Taxes and Spending
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Are Pennsylvanians Under Taxed?
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Allegheny Institute: A City Ranking That Won’t Get Much Attention
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Allegheny Institute: Casino Led Renaissance?
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Regulators Dredging up Trouble for Western PA
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Allegheny Institute: Fiscal Irresponsibility Reigns in Pittsburgh as Well as in Washington
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Allegheny Institute: PA’s largest municipal pension plans in serious trouble
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Allegheny Institute: Proposal to Consolodate School Districts is a Distraction
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Merger Advocates Need Better Arguments
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PA Deficit Watch: Updates on PA’s revenue shortfall
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Port Authority’s Convenient Memory Loss
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Proposal to Lease Parking to Fund Pensions Raises Opportunities, Questions
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$533 Million and Counting for PAT’s Big Dig
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Allegheny Institute: Why the Surge in Pittsburg Region’s Labor Force?
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Allegheny Institute: The Pathetic State of the Pittsburgh Public School District
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2008
Science Test Scores Paint a Disturbing Picture of Education
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Allegheny County Headed to Court over Plan to Spend Drink Taxes
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Allegheny Institute: PAT Bus Service Still Has the Highest Employee Costs in the Nation
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Allegheny Institute: Little Cheer for Taxpayers in Transit Contract
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Allegheny Institute: Time to Outlaw Transit Strikes in PA
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Allegheny Institute: Tallying Recent Teacher Strikes Across the Nation
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Affordable Education Remains PASSHE’s Top Priority
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Pittsburgh’s Budget: Legacy Costs Have Large and Lasting Impact
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Harrisburg’s Most Powerful Special Interest: New policy brief addresses the impact of unions on public education
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Policy Brief: Adding Up the Costs of Pittsburgh School District’s Failures
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Promises, Promises
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Water and Sewer Ballot Question
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Socking it to the Airlines at Pittsburgh International
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Analyzing the Talk About a Transit Shutdown
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Allegheny Institute: The Great Transit Tax Grab of 2008
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Ending the Tax Referendum Legal Dispute
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More Self-Congratulatory Blather About PA Job Picture
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Uncovering the True Cost of Government Retiree Benefits
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Allegheny Institute: Failed Attempt to Toll I-80 Costly to Taxpayers
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Allegheny Institute: A Stacked Deck Favors the Transit Union
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Allegheny Institute: Drink Tax Referenda Questions: Ballot Incompatible
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