The 2022-2023 state budget just signed by Gov. Tom Wolf includes $125 million to fund a new program to pay for home repairs and other improvements for those with limited incomes.
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Pennsylvania’s 2022-2023 budget praised by business community
Business leaders and stakeholders around the state are offering mostly praise for the $45.2 billion 2022-2023 Pennsylvania General Appropriations Budget, which was passed by the state legislature and then signed by the governor on July 8.
Read More »State increases security for payments made by Treasury Department
New state legislation will make payments by the Treasury Department more secure, according to Treasurer Stacy Garrity.
Read More »Wolf administration visits LCTI to showcase career and technical education
Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a $6 million increase for career and technical education in his final budget to prepare students for the workforce. Lehigh Career and Technical Institute, (LCTI), Schnecksville, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, would be a recipient of some of that money.
Read More »Wolf Administration approves Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade program rewarding power companies that reduce carbon dioxide emissions, has been finalized by the Wolf Administration.
Read More »Gov. Wolf’s 2022-23 budget proposes $4.5 billion spending increase
In his final budget speech before the General Assembly on Tuesday, Gov. Tom Wolf looked back at how the state has recovered from the budget deficit it was in during his first budget address in 2015 and highlighted plans for a $43.7 billion budget that he says can leverage the state’s current surplus.
Read More »Wolf signs 2021-2022 state budget that ‘invests in Pennsylvanians’
Pennsylvania’s $40.8 billion general fund budget was signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday following approval by the House and Senate last Friday.
Read More »Wolf expected to sign ‘fiscally responsible’ budget that disappoints business groups
Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to sign a $40.8 billion general fund budget that includes the largest education funding increase in state history and allocates millions of dollars from Pennsylvania’s share of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) for rental assistance, child care, nursing home and long-term care recovery and more, before its Wednesday deadline.
Read More »Pennsylvania facing up to $4 billion shortfall as coronavirus shutdown upends state budget
HARRISBURG — The coronavirus outbreak could cost Pennsylvania $2.7 billion in lost tax revenue over the next 15 months, blowing a serious hole in the state budget, according to a report released Wednesday by the state’s Independent Fiscal Office.
Read More »Pa. House passes $34B budget with no hike to minimum wage
The entire Lehigh Valley delegation voted in favor of the $34 billion state budget, which was passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
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