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The former bank building in McKees Rocks was packed with more than 200 people. Some had signs slung around their necks that read, “Pass a fair budget now,” while others held posters calling for help for adult education, the homeless, mothers and other needs. The Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership hosted a news conference yesterday at [...]
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The recession is finally hitting city budgets, with overall city revenues inching down in fiscal 2009 for the first time since 2002, according to a report to be released Tuesday by the National League of Cities. Weak growth in property taxes, reflecting soft housing prices, did not counterbalance sharp declines in other sources of income, [...]
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A little more than $600 million. That’s what separates two different state budget proposals, one developed by legislative Democrats and the other by Republicans. And a compromise could still be far off. The six-member bipartisan budget conference committee yesterday held its first meeting in a month, with Democrats presenting a retooled 2009-10 budget proposal of [...]
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Holy Ground is a project of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network, a coalition of congregations seeking to better their communities. The initiative provides training for congregations to identify serious problems in their neighborhood and then to do the work required to solve those problems. Church members canvassed the neighborhood to identify problems, including the storm [...]
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John Taylor, the president and CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, today made this statement:
“Senator Edward Kennedy was without peer as a Congressional leader; the inspiration he has provided to generations is sore comfort for our sorrow at his loss. His passing is deeply felt by all who strive for a more just society. [...]
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The stock market may be ticking upward but local economies are set for a struggle as state budget gridlocks are halting payments to basic human services and causing thousands of homeless shelters, food pantries and senior centers to cut staff, reduce services or shut their doors. Pennsylvania is the latest in a string of states, [...]
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It’s official: The economy is bad for your health. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine questioned 250 homeowners going through foreclosure in Philadelphia and found that 47 percent showed symptoms of depression, with 37 percent exhibiting signs of major depression. The rate was especially high considering previous research showed that only about [...]
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The prolonged battle over the 2009-10 state budget has as much to do with the gubernatorial and General Assembly elections of 2010 as it does with the financial crunch of 2009, say many politicians and Capitol observers. Republicans would love to regain control of the state House next year. They ran it for 12 years [...]
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In Pennsylvania, day care centers are closing. Food banks and libraries are cutting back. A school district is taking out a multi-million dollar loan. Local governments and social service agencies are struggling to maintain services as lawmakers and the governor battle over how to close Pennsylvania’s $1 billion budget gap. Democrats don’t want to cut [...]
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Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. said Monday it filed for bankruptcy protection after moves this month by regulators led to a virtual shutdown of what had been one of the nation’s biggest independent mortgage bankers. Taylor Bean said in a statement that its Chapter 11 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Jacksonville, Fla., will [...]
