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Updated: June 30, 2021 | 4:51 pm

Wolf signs budget package, celebrates public school funding

The package holds the line on taxes, and puts billions of dollars in federal coronavirus aid into reserve for the coming years.

By The Associated Press
June 29, 2021 | 7:33 AM

School funding winners and losers in Pa.’s new $40B budget

Advocates for more education spending, like the Education Law Center, said that new spending — which the state is calling “Level Up” — is a sign that “our voices made a difference here.”
By Katie Meyer/Keystone Crossroads
Updated: June 17, 2021 | 1:44 pm

Republicans juggle deficit, pandemic and schools in state budget

While Republicans are behind closed doors considering which hard-hit sectors to help with the federal aid, Democratic lawmakers have rolled out expansive plans to use it.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

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Updated: June 7, 2021 | 11:40 am

State lawmakers return for June with big agenda, sharp differences

With four weeks to wrap up their work for an on-time budget, there will be lots of distractions.
By Marc Levy/The Associated Press
February 22, 2021 | 2:56 PM

Wolf promotes natural gas tax to boost pandemic economy

Those funds would fuel Back to Work PA, a $3 billion initiative to support workers and small businesses struggling due to restrictions designed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

By Laura Benshoff/WHYY
February 16, 2021 | 4:16 PM

Wolf’s tax plan takes center stage as budget hearings begin

Lawmakers kicked off budget hearings Tuesday as the Pennsylvania state government faces a multibillion-dollar revenue gap.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press
February 4, 2021 | 10:49 AM

As Pa. budget shows, the governor is from Venus, the Legislature is from Mars

In Pennsylvania, no Democratic governor has had even one chamber of the Legislature in his corner since 2010.

By Charles Thompson/PennLive and Jan Murphy/PennLive
February 3, 2021 | 5:40 PM

Highlights of Gov. Tom Wolf’s spending plan for 2021-22

Gov. Tom Wolf asked lawmakers Wednesday to raise income taxes on higher earners and give public schools a massive boost in aid.

By The Associated Press
February 3, 2021 | 4:24 AM

A look at Gov. Wolf’s policy proposals for the 2021-22 year

Impose a tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas production to underwrite billions of dollars to expand workforce development and employment assistance programs to help the state recover from the economic effects of the coronavirus.

By The Associated Press
February 2, 2021 | 5:37 AM

Snow delays Governor Tom Wolf’s budget address a day

He will deliver the address — usually 30 or 40 minutes long — by a pre-recorded video instead of speaking in-person to a joint session of the House and Senate.
By The Associated Press
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