CONTROLLER WAGNER COMMENTS ON CORBETT TRANSIT ‘PLAN’

CONTROLLER WAGNER COMMENTS ON CORBETT TRANSIT ‘PLAN’

Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner today issued the following statement on Gov. Tom Corbett’s refusal to address the Port Authority of Allegheny County’s funding crisis, even as the Authority’s board voted today to impose additional service...

CONTROLLER RELEASES 2011 REPORT ON STATE OF COUNTY FINANCES

Allegheny County government continues to have fiscal concerns, and greater challenges loom on the horizon, even as the County economy recovers from the Great Recession, according to County Controller Chelsa Wagner. “County government can no longer exist in a...

CONTROLLER WAGNER, MARATHON BOARD MEMBER, TO PARTICIPATE IN RELAY

Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner, a member of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon Board of Directors, will participate in the FedEx Ground Pittsburgh Marathon Relay on Sunday, May 6, 2012. Controller Wagner’s leg of the Relay will take...

CONTROLLER WAGNER TO CHALLENGE PA ‘VOTER ID’ LAW

Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner will challenge the Voter ID law signed by Gov. Tom Corbett in March, arguing that it patently violates the Pennsylvania Constitution and federal laws guaranteeing free and equal access to the polls, while placing an unfunded...

CONTROLLER WAGNER CALLS FOR REVIEW OF TAX-EXEMPT PROPERTIES

With Allegheny County government losing almost million in revenue a year to property-tax exemptions, Controller Chelsa Wagner today called for County government to require organizations seeking tax breaks to show annually that they meet the requirements for them under...