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A state lawmaker wants to take pay raises for direct care workers out of the hands of the governor and state Legislature and ...
House Democrats on Wednesday spiked budget and mass transit funding bills that passed the Senate a day earlier, leaving no end in sight to the state’s six-week budget impasse. The state Senate on ...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro insisted leaders with both parties are making progress to resolve a fiscal impasse over an overdue spending plan and mass transit funding that was due July 1 ...
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives rejected two budget bills passed by the state Senate, prolonging a budget impasse that has persisted for over 40 days.
Members of the Republican-led Senate voted to amend House Bill 257 to use $300 million in the public transit trust fund to address operational needs, instead of leaning on sales tax increases proposed ...
From mutinies to modernity, the District of Columbia's unique constitutional status lets Congress – and now President Trump – ...
With SEPTA’s deadline to secure funding to avoid a “transit death spiral” a day away, a bill that was passed by the ...
Both Democrats and Republicans are in agreement that SEPTA should get funding, but where that money should come from is ...
Transit fare hikes and service cuts in the Philadelphia region will begin unless the funding picture changes by tomorrow, ...
Six weeks after the constitutionally-mandated deadline for state lawmakers to deliver a budget, a standoff between the two ...
Pennsylvania is, in fact, the gerrymander capital of America. The term gerrymander originated in the early 19th century when ...
Sen. Lisa Baker on Wednesday said as part of budget negotiations, the Senate passed Senate Bill 160 to provide funding at the ...