October 17, 2022 | 10:24 AM
Pennsylvania’s pandemic water aid program will end Oct. 28
A $43 million federally-funded water assistance program for Pennsylvanians will end later this month.
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February 27, 2020 | 5:00 AM
Poor People’s Campaign wants to remind lawmakers about General Assistance
The group argues the strong economy makes it a good time to reinstate the cash assistance program. But the GOP-controlled legislature is wary of increased spending.
January 7, 2020 | 2:23 PM
New laws for a new year: Sunday hunting, voting by mail, tobacco 21, a state amphibian and more
Gov. Tom Wolf put his signature on more than 100 bills that reached his desk over the course of last year. Here are 15 of them.
December 18, 2019 | 4:00 PM
Justices decline to restore cash payments to poor, disabled
Pennsylvania’s highest court is turning down an effort to resume cash welfare assistance to the poor and disabled while litigation continues over a law that ended the payments.
August 1, 2019 | 5:43 AM
Cash assistance program for the poor in Pa. ends today
“Our main concern is for our clients. Our clients will not be having any subsistence income.”
July 23, 2019 | 5:18 AM
Advocacy groups attempt to halt imminent General Assistance repeal
The move has been expected ever since the GOP-controlled legislature shoehorned the contentious repeal into a budget bill
July 4, 2019 | 9:30 AM
Democrats launching plan to save General Assistance, again
General Assistance was already repealed once, in 2012. Democratic Governor Tom Wolf reinstated it last year after the state Supreme Court ruled the original repeal unconstitutional on a technicality.
