(The Center Square) - One budget, two narratives. As Gov. Josh Shapiro spent his holiday weekend touting the policy wins baked into the long overdue state budget, his critics have been crunching ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Despite the contentious issue of mass transit funding being off the table, top Pennsylvania legislative leaders are still unable to agree on the most basic question when it comes ...

On 12 November 2025, Governor Shapiro signed into law a budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 (SB 160) and accompanying amendments to the Fiscal Code (HB 416) (collectively, the Budget Bill). The ...

Food is prepared for delivery to Pittsburgh residents during a distribution event on the North Shore on April 24, 2020. The newly-passed Pennsylvania state budget contains a much-needed ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Two months into Pennsylvania’s budget stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R) said his caucus would be open to a $49 billion plan to end the gridlock. But a ...

YORK, Pa. — Pennsylvania's cyber charter schools will go through a series of financial and accountability reforms that are set to save school districts millions of dollars. The reforms were ...

Here we go again. Pennsylvania’s latest budget impasse, which dragged on for 135 days, just ended in mid-November. Now, less ...

In this election year — in which both parties will be trying to flip a legislative chamber — lawmakers could face pressure to ...