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Pittsburgh City Council on Monday introduced four bills related to 2015 property taxes, one of which would raise the tax rate by 0.5 mills to 8.06…
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The he said, she said debate over state education funding and the controversy surrounding former Pennsylvania Education Secretary Ron Tomalis made its way…
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Property taxes are considered a relatively stable, easy-to-collect tax. In many states government officials conduct regular property reassessments, which…
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State lawmakers have snubbed two different efforts to reduce property taxes buoyed by recent activism on the issue. But for every season, turn, turn,…
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Less than a week after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett ended the budget standoff with the state Legislature, he’s setting a new deadline for pension reform:…
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Fall property tax collections for the city of Pittsburgh are $3.7 million below projections, according to the second-quarter report published this week by…
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A proposal to provide school property tax relief has passed in the state House, but it faces only middling indicators of success in the Senate.The bill…
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Calls to eliminate school property taxes in Pennsylvania stretch back decades, but the latest effort is moving at cross-purposes with other bills.More…
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In Allegheny County Homestead tax exemption is a tax break that deducts $85 from every homeowner's property tax bill. It's a useful bit of financial…
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Pittsburgh City Council will consider new legislation from Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess that would lay the groundwork for a 2015 property tax relief…