Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and leaders of some of the city’s largest non-profit organizations have reached an agreement that will allow the mayor’s controversial tuition tax to be tabled.

The agreement was announced this morning at city hall, where city council had been prepared to vote today on a 1 percent levy on tuition payments made to city colleges and universities.

The University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and Highmark will make contributions, although they were unspecified. They also will work with the city and other institutions to find both local solutions and legislative fixes in Harrisburg. The mayor had sought the tax for the city’s underfunded pension fund.

Read more from the Post-Gazette here

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