What Arts Funding?
Barack Obama used to call political campaigns “silly season,” and, boy, if only we were back in that…
Guest Commentary: Our Wealth Strategy Should Focus on Schools
As Philadelphians we must stop treating schools as a cost center and start treating them as the center…
Guest Commentary: How To Build A Better City Budget
As rising costs strain our community and household budgets, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s proposed taxes attempted to patch…
Guest Commentary: A Dollar Won’t Do
Mayor Cherelle Parker wants a $1-per-ride tax on Uber and Lyft to help close the School District of…
Guest Commentary: Parker’s Small Ball Budget
On May 6, Karen Eselson Belding sat at the witness table at a City Council budget hearing and…
Have Your Say in the City Budget
Many Philadelphians regard their city’s annual municipal budget as something beyond their control, something that doesn’t impact their…
Pittsburgh City Council working through the weekend to pass budget
Pittsburgh City Council is working through the weekend, trying to get a budget passed before the end of…
Erie government must level with residents about budget woes
City of Erie must face structural deficits head-on After six years without an increase in property taxes, the…
‘This is not the time’: Allentown City Council rejects mayor’s tax hike proposal | Allentown Area
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk wants to increase the property taxes by 3.96%. He said it…
Scranton proposes 2026 budget without tax increases
Scranton City Council unanimously introduced Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti’s proposed $115.5 million city budget for 2026 that would…