Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity sent a salvo across the Commonwealth as she made her first campaign address of the season.
Fiscal fallout: Pennsylvania funding has spiked 64% under last two governors
The state’s budgets have increased 3.5 times more during the last two Democratic administrations than the previous Republican one.
Day 100 comes and goes without a state budget
The Democrat majority House of Representatives marked up the Republican majority Senate’s stopgap budget.
Senate passes bill to waive interest on short-term budget impasse loans
Counties, early education programs, rape prevention, and domestic violence prevention centers could pay no interest on loans from the PA Treasury.
Ward says ‘we are the stopgap’ after Ciattarelli praises Shapiro
The commonwealth’s divided government means “getting stuff done,” as Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro likes to say, doesn’t come easily.
Ward: ‘We can pass budget today if we let Democrats, governor have their tax increase’
Appearing on 1210 WPHT’s Dom Giordano Show, Ward criticized Democrats for the delay in passing a budget that was due on June 30.
Stopgap budget in Pennsylvania may not break gridlock
The Senate returned after a six-week reprieve to advance a $47 billion stopgap spending plan.
Shapiro: Budget progress being made and ‘will land very, very soon’
In a budget stalemate, the state is still legally bound to make debt payments, cover Medicaid costs for millions of Pennsylvanians, issue unemployment compensation payments, keep prisons open and ensure state police are on patrol. Those hurt most include vendors, counties, public schools and grant applicants.
Senate passes lifesaving, bipartisan breast cancer imaging legislation
Senate Bill 88 – which would eliminate costs for diagnostic breast imaging – is one step closer to law.