Ford Turner

The state began its new fiscal year Wednesday with no budget in place and events in the House — a testy faceoff on one education-related bill, but bipartisan passage of another — made it unclear if a deal will occur anytime soon.

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HARRISBURG — It's been a week since the deadline for a state budget passed, and public libraries, schools, and rape crisis centers are bracing for the possibility of tighter times even while the memory of last year’s 135-day budget debacle remains fresh. A repeat is a real fear for many whose funding may be interrupted if it takes too long for Democrats and Republicans in Harrisburg to make a compromise....

It's been a week since the deadline for a state budget passed, and public libraries, schools, and rape crisis centers are bracing for the possibility of tighter times even while the memory of last year's 135-day budget debacle remains fresh.

It’s been a week since the deadline for a state budget passed, and public libraries, schools, and rape crisis centers are bracing for the possibility of tighter times even while the memory of last year’s 135-day budget debacle remains fresh.

(The Center Square) - State lawmakers headed back to Harrisburg on Saturday for scheduled weekend voting sessions that appear likely to be focused on attempts to get an already late

HARRISBURG — State lawmakers were back in Harrisburg on Saturday for scheduled weekend voting sessions that appear likely to be focused on attempts to get an already late 2026-27 budget put into place.

(The Center Square) - Bridging a deficit in part by delaying some payments and reclaiming money from what they called the "couch cushions" of state government, lawmakers on Sunday approved

Bridging a deficit in part by delaying some payments and reclaiming money from what they called the “couch cushions” of state government, lawmakers on Sunday approved a $50.8 billion budget for 2026-27 that immediately got the signature of Gov. Josh Shapiro.

(The Center Square) - Thursday evening, at least six hundred residents concerned about a data center proposal packed a middle school auditorium in eastern Pennsylvania - the latest of many