The 2025-26 budget signed by Shapiro creates a new Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program to support 55,000 child care workers.
So-called skill games are a racket the state should ban, not tax
Game manufacturers — led by Georgia-based Pace-O-Matic — have concocted a “Pennsylvania skill” version of what is still essentially a slot machine.
Almost 29,000 Bucks Countians eligible for new Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit
Modeled after the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, the new state-level credit equals ten percent of the federal credit.
Families will see $193M tax credit in 2026
Anyone who qualifies for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit is eligible to receive 10% of that sum in their state tax returns.
Assessment results for 2024-2025 school year released
PSSA scores in math rose from 40.2% to 41.7%. English and language arts dropped from 53.9% to 49.9%.
County lawmakers weigh in on the end of the budget impasse – Bucks Round-Up – November 14, 2025
Pennsylvania’s long-delayed state budget is finally in place, and Bucks County lawmakers are marking the moment with different takeaways.
Pennsylvania inadvertently making drivers’ license data available to ICE
The correspondence urges Josh Shapiro to block ICE’s access, as Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Washington have already done.
State senator and county Democratic chair lauds new state budget – Bucks Round-Up – November 13, 2025
Governor Shapiro signed Pennsylvania’s long-delayed $50.9 billion budget Wednesday, more than four months after presenting it to legislators.
State budget impasse ends as Governor Shapiro signs $50.1B spending bill
The House passed the measure by a 156-47 vote, while the Senate did the same by a 40-9 count.
The carbon tax saga ends in Pennsylvania, for now
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) began nearly two decades ago with a handful of states that agreed to cap emissions from power generators.