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Proposed bills would offer council budget training and put quarterly finance sessions into law.
Pittsburgh City Council would like to put an end to receiving financial surprises.
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The bills Pittsburgh didn't pay
Millions in unpaid water and electric bills that keep landing on the city budget.
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A projected $24 million shortfall in 2026 could leave one year before state financial control.
Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Rea Price’s assessment of 2026 thus far — and projections for its remainder — fared only marginally better.
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Pittsburgh still $1 million short on unpaid water bills from 2025.
Pittsburgh is still up to its knees in water bills.
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Pittsburgh Water bills sink budget.
During the dry talk about budgets, city council learned that Pittsburgh is drowning in unpaid water bills.
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Pittsburgh forgot to pay its light bills.
Council learned at the Oct. 22 committee meeting that it has been in the dark about the city’s electric bills.