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Pittsburgh Public Schools board voted to authorize legal action against Allegheny County to compel a county-wide property tax reassessment.

After several Downtown commercial buildings won appeals this year, the district has seen significant reductions in its tax base.

District solicitor Ira Weiss said a reassessment is necessary because without it, higher-end properties end up undertaxed, and lower-end properties are overtaxed.

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PPS poised to sue county over property assessments

As Downtown hollows and commercial property values plummet, school officials say a county-wide reassessment is necessary to shore up shaky finances.

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Ten Evenings returns to the Carnegie Music Hall on March 25 with Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder. Kidder comes to Pittsburgh with his latest book, Rough Sleepers, featuring a Q&A with Dr. Jim O’Connell, president of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Purchase single tickets and season subscriptions at pittsburghlectures.org.

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Pittsburgh’s City Planning Commission approved a zoning change for part of Oakland along McKee Place and Louisa Street. The lawyer for Walnut Capital, the would-be developers of the area, didn’t elaborate on plans for the site.
As more people across Pittsburgh identify as non-religious, the process of dealing with death can look different, with green burials, glass orbs containing ashes and other "celebrations of life" becoming more common.

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