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State-supported universities, libraries, early-childhood education programs and county health departments also will see ...
Pennsylvania's 2025-2026 fiscal year budget was supposed to be done at the end of June, but now it's more than a month late, ...
Pennsylvania's budget impasse threatens SEPTA services as legislators debate funding and accountability measures.
The state budget is now a month and a day late, and there’s no end in sight to the standoff. All sides say cordial talks ...
Gov. Josh Shapiro visited Philly to promote Beyond the Bars, a violence prevention program, as state budget talks continue to ...
Pennsylvania’s budget was due June 30, but lawmakers disagree over state spending and still haven’t reached a deal.
President Donald Trump went off script during a recent speech in Pittsburgh with a strange attack against U.S. Rep. Brian ...
As the calendar turned to August, the state budget in Pennsylvania is one month overdue. Gov. Josh Shapiro and leaders in the General Assembly have said they are continuing to make progress, but have ...
There are stark political differences on issues like mass transportation, education, human services—and overall what a final ...
Public transit is a key issue holding up Pennsylvania’s budget, but top Republicans have said they don’t want to spend more ...
Most of the lawmakers themselves are shut out of closed-door, high-level negotiations but will be expected to approve a $50 billion plan with little time to study it.
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