Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget: Done Late yesterday, lawmakers passed and Gov. Shapiro signed a $47.6 billion state budget that increases spending 6.2% over the current fiscal year. PennLive reports that the budget…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget: Not done CNHI News reports that despite ongoing negotiations, there is no state budget deal and no timeline for when there will be one. Gov. Shapiro’s spokesperson said…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget talks go into wee hours of the morning PennLive reports that the Pa. House Appropriations Committee “started a meeting Tuesday night at 8:30 and ended it Wednesday just…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! The latest issue in the state budget Spotlight PA reports that as lawmakers continue to negotiate a budget deal, the new issue that’s become a point of contention is…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! And ... still no budget Well, one week after the traditional budget deadline, and there’s still no state budget, despite lawmakers’ plans to work over this past weekend to…
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Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Senate schedules sessions until Sunday for budget WITF reports that as lawmakers continue to negotiate a budget agreement, the state Senate has scheduled session days until Sunday, with one…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! No budget, no surprise Well, the traditional June 30th state budget deadline has come and gone, and—surprising no one—we have no state budget. Both the state House and Senate…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State budget will not be done by June 30 We’re not quite at the traditional June 30 state budget deadline, but the Center Square reports that “Senate leadership confirmed…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Former union president sentenced to 4 years in prison Yesterday, Brian Burrows, the former president of IBEW Local 98 in Philadelphia, was sentenced to four years in prison for…