After rejecting piece after piece of a bipartisan deal to end Pennsylvania’s five-month-old budget stalemate, House Republican majority leaders are planning procedural votes on a short-term emergency spending package. Click… Read More
Legislative leaders huddled behind closed doors Sunday to determine how to resolve the state’s budget crisis after a so-called framework agreement seemed to implode a day earlier. Click here for… Read More
The state, without a budget for nearly six months, mandates school districts to have a budget six months early, and Centennial (Bucks Co.) officials are lashing out at the double… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and its allies worked through the day Thursday to sway enough rank-and-file House Republicans behind a $1 billion-plus tax increase to override opposition from House GOP… Read More
A day after House Republicans told Gov. Wolf he had 24 hours to recruit enough votes to pass a long-overdue state budget, their deadline came and went. Click here for… Read More
Debate in the state House of Representatives on legislation to overhaul benefits in Pennsylvania’s large public-sector pension plans is on hold. Click here for full article. Source: Associated Press, Dec…. Read More
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, the Senate and House Democrats have largely agreed on a budget package to end the state government’s five-and-a-half-month stalemate. Click here for full article. Source: Associated… Read More
The Erie School Board will meet in special session Monday to consider authorizing Erie SD administrators to borrow up to $47 million as the state budget impasse continues. Click… Read More
Chambersburg Area SD (Franklin Co.) directors will look at a moratorium on discretionary spending tonight as part of a strategy to keep district schools running as the state goes deeper… Read More
Attention Members: Your state Representative needs to hear from you TODAY about the need to pass a budget that supports Pennsylvania’s students. This may be the last chance before the… Read More