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Federal uncertainty complicates Pa. budget haggling over transit, education
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Josh Shapiro and top Democrats say SEPTA and mass transit funding is a priority, but won’t say whether they’ll hold up the budget over it
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Pennsylvania food banks worry about SNAP cuts in federal government's proposed budget bill
Food banks fear that if the budget bill heading to the U.S. Senate gets passed, thousands of people in Pennsylvania will go ...
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Pa. House passes cyber charter reform again; Senate lawmakers take another run at vouchers
Pennsylvania school districts would save an estimated $616 million a year according to a House analysis of the bill’s fiscal ...
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Pennsylvania Ag Chairman Pashinski Says Federal Funding Complicates Budget
Uncertainty about federal funding is complicating Pennsylvania’s budget negotiations, said Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, the ...
Federal budget deal would create healthcare funding headache for Pa.
Republicans have pitched the deal as a way to cut down on abuse and waste in Medicaid and other public benefits systems. But ...
Want to see a Pa. law changed? Here’s where most ideas go to die, and how you can get involved.
A vote out of committee in the Pennsylvania State House or Senate marks the little-talked-about but critically important step ...
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As June begins, major issues loom amid Pennsylvania budget talks
As Pennsylvania lawmakers kick off a June agenda that will focus on budget talks, several issues like taxing and regulating ...
Federal cuts loom over Pa. state budget negotiations
Pennsylvania faces uncertainty as federal cuts may force the state to fund $1.2 billion in Medicaid, complicating budget ...
Cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania would see funding cut under bill passed by the state House
A bill to reduce how much Pennsylvania school districts have to pay for cyber charter students is advancing in the state ...
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Federal uncertainty complicates Pa. budget haggling over transit, education
HARRISBURG — Competing priorities and possible federal cuts to Medicaid are complicating negotiations as top Pennsylvania lawmakers attempt to hammer out a budget deal by the June 30 deadline.