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| Today: Fiscal outlook, rare support, coal catch, big merger, Philly no-borhood, billing mistake, and Kittatinny Ridge sentinel. Thanks for checking in. |
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Budget talks are getting underway in Harrisburg more than a month out from the fiscal deadline and with many competing visions to reconcile.
Central to the divide: What to do with a $14 billion state surplus.
Gov. Josh Shapiro and his fellow Democrats want more spending for education, public transit, and economy-boosting initiatives, while Republicans generally believe the money should be used to backfill a cut to Pennsylvania’s income tax and eliminate a tax on private utility companies.
Both sides see room for compromise. Meanwhile, the issue that held up the last budget, school vouchers, remains "unfinished business."
Read Spotlight PA's full report: Education funding boost, tax cuts are on the table as 2024 state budget talks begin. |
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"We humbly ask that your government—in its wisdom—temper justice with mercy and recognize that these men made mistakes."
—A letter from Josh Shapiro and two other governors asking Turks and Caicos to release Americans, one from Somerset County, held for ammo possession and each facing a minimum of 12 years in prison |
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ON PROBATION: A Bucks County "parental rights" advocate will serve one year of probation for giving alcohol to kids, the Courier Times reports.
POLICY DECISION: Bucks County's Pennridge School District has rescinded a "biological sex" bathroom policy following a Title IX update.
NATURAL GEM: "One of the most biodiverse regions" in the eastern U.S., Pennsylvania’s Kittatinny Ridge, is now a Sentinel Landscape.
ANTHROCON: Pittsburgh's annual furry convention, Anthrocon, sold out 11,000 hotel room nights in 12 minutes this year, per KDKA-TV.
MONEY MILES: LendingTree says Pennsylvania has the most expensive toll per mile in the U.S. on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. |
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