PA Budget Delay Puts Education and Transit Programs at Risk

As budget negotiations drag on, Pa. lawmakers put big spending bill on shelf

HARRISBURG – One legislative vote early in the week sanctioned the spending of about $50 billion, a second vote days later erased more than 99.9%...

PA budget delay puts education and transit programs at risk

HARRISBURG — Key Pennsylvania lawmakers ended a third week without a finished budget on a relatively sunny note, saying publicly that closed-door negotiations were progressing. “I feel good about where the conversations are going,” state Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Scott Martin (R., Lancaster), a top budget negotiator, told reporters Thursday morning. Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro similarly told reporters, “We're going to get there soon…