pa-budget-2022
After Texas, clergy gather to protest gun violence. How much is enough? | Wednesday Morning Coffee
The Legislature's utter inaction on the most basic constraints on gun violence is one of the great moral failures of governance of the last decade.
Flush with cash, Pa. could see its surplus go down the drain | Analysis
As budget season approaches, financial experts say COVID relief funds should be reserved for one-time uses.
Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable residents are at risk. Only lawmakers can fix it | Opinion
The plight of Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable residents and their families must be a top priority this budget season.
We work with people with intellectual disabilities. Pa. needs to step up for us now | Opinion
We have asked for help for decades. Legislators have the opportunity now to fund our jobs adequately.
We must unite for our children and for our future as a nation | Opinion
A secure nation requires a well-educated populace. We cannot skimp on this critical investment in our children and our future.
With record tax collections, not spending would be ‘irresponsible,’ Wolf says | Tuesday Coffee
The state collected $6.5B in General Fund revenue in April, the most ever for a single month.
More money, more problems? Pa. tax collections shot up in March | Monday Morning Coffee
As another budget season beckons, the state collected $5.6B billion in general fund revenue last month.
Early learning is vital to children’s development. Why is funding it such a struggle? | Opinion
Affordable and accessible child care is the key to the pandemic economic recovery, and solving the workforce shortage.
Early childhood education is life-changing. We need to support those who teach it | Opinion
The Legislature also needs to significantly increase investments in early childhood programs for children from birth to five.
Pa. counties call for funding Biden’s mental health strategy | Thursday Morning Coffee
'The dynamic between the demand for services and the necessary funding is getting dangerously disproportionate,' an official said.
Higher education innovation, statewide investment are the keys to growth in Pa. | Opinion
Penn State looks forward to working with the Legislature to secure this key funding in the final budget agreement.
In his final budget, Wolf drops his State Police fee. But the problem remains | Mark O’Keefe
While the state won't see the revenue from the fees, it will also put an end to any conversations about how the state police could be used more efficiently.