Pittsburgh's Future

Three years ago, when the country was struggling to recover from the recession, the Pittsburgh Region had the sixth highest job growth rate ...

As explained in a previous post , one of the region’s highest economic development priorities should be rebuilding our struggling manufactur...

A previous post explained how our low rate of new business formation has been holding back the region’s job growth . One of the likely caus...

A century ago, Pittsburgh was one of the most entrepreneurial regions in the nation, perhaps even in the world. Companies like Alcoa, H.J. ...

The Pittsburgh Region’s economy has been on a bit of roller coaster ride over the past five years. The most recent data on jobs suggest tha...

It’s the time of year when many people must choose a health insurance plan. Although the national news has focused on the problems people a...

Anyone who has survived a serious injury or life-threatening illness is likely grateful for the care they received in a hospital. Advances ...

Many people believe that healthcare costs for both private businesses and government programs could be reduced significantly – perhaps by as...

Four years after the recession officially ended, Pittsburgh, like the nation as a whole, is still struggling to recover. Although most of t...

There is no major region in the country that needs babies more than Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Region lost population for two straight deca...

For many years, no matter what kind of good economic news our region received, it was always overshadowed by a lingering sign of economic de...

Every few months you hear about a new ranking showing that Pittsburgh is doing better than other regions. Last fall, we were rated the “bes...