US EditionShapiro: 'We've Had Really Good, Honest Dialogue' About Transit Funding, Budget
Senate Republicans passed a stopgap budget using $292 million from the Public Transportation Trust Fund to prevent transit cuts and support schools amid stalled talks with House Democrats.
- Pushing through at the Capitol, Senate Republicans on Tuesday approved a bill that taps the PTTF to fund schools and local governments.
- Pennsylvania’s budget is over six weeks late after July 1, with lawmakers and Governor Shapiro divided on funding issues, risking local services.
- Under the proposal, roughly $1.2 billion would be reallocated over two years from capital improvement funds to mass transit and rural roads, with nearly $600 million dedicated to statewide operations.
- Even the governor’s office dismissed the proposal, with House Majority Leader Matt Bradford calling it 'not a serious solution' and predicting it would not pass the House.
- Facing a budget impasse, Pennsylvania transit agencies could benefit from a $600 million support plan, but no specific service reduction warnings are mentioned.
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Shapiro: 'We've had really good, honest dialogue' about transit funding, budget
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
Negotiations continue between Pa. lawmakers over public transit funding
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 by House Democrats.
Pa. budget disagreements burst into open with no end in sight as Senate passes its own mass transit bill
After a flurry of activity at the Pa. state Capitol, it’s unclear if lawmakers are any closer to ending the budget impasse weeks after the June 30 deadline.
GOP passes transit plan in Pa. Senate, but it faces Democratic opposition ahead
The Pennsylvania Senate approved a GOP-backed two-year, $1.2 billion transit plan, which called for using $292 million of the Public Transportation Trust Fund. Democrats say this would take away from critical repairs and safety projects.
Senate GOP passes transit funding, but Democrats cry foul
The state Senate GOP on Tuesday also passed a bill that would fund both mass transit and road infrastructure by redirecting yet-to-be-used capital improvement money from the state’s public transit fund — a raw deal for transit agencies, according to Democrats. “We have transit money that is not being used. Let’s put it on the street and put it to use,” Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman, R-41st, of Indiana County, said on the Senate floor Tuesda…
Pennsylvania Senate passes budget including transit funding, but House is unlikely to agree
SEPTA says 20% service cuts will begin Aug. 24-25 unless the state passes a budget by Aug. 14 that addresses the agency’s funding shortfalls. SEPTA HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Senate has passed a funding bill that would largely use capital funding to maintain transit operations, a move the state’s governor and Democratically-controlled House say is not a viable solution to the funding shortfall that could lead to major…
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