US EditionPennsylvania Is Going to Blow Its Budget Deadline Again
- Pennsylvania leaders, including Governor Josh Shapiro and Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman, are expected to miss the June 30, 2025, budget deadline amid ongoing negotiations in Harrisburg.
- The budget impasse stems from deep philosophical differences between Democrats, who want to use $5 billion from an $11 billion surplus to fund K-12 education and transit, and Senate Republicans aiming to slow spending growth to avoid future tax increases.
- Past impasses in 2009 and 2015, marked by lengthy standoffs over tax increases and spending cuts, resulted in service disruptions and missed payments to schools and social programs, showing potential consequences of the delay.
- Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman expressed that this situation is familiar and anticipated no significant changes in everyday life for Pennsylvania residents once July 1 arrives.
- However, prolonged delays risk deep service cuts for transit agencies like Philadelphia's SEPTA and growing uncertainty for human service providers, suggesting the budget deadlock could affect essential public services if unresolved.
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The Daily Item
Pa.'s budget deadline approaches but lawmakers, governor far apart on final plan
HARRISBURG — Exactly what Pennsylvania’s next budget will look like remains to be seen but one thing appears clear — it won’t be delivered on time.
The Morning Call
Fights over transit, skill games, and overall spending mean the Pa. budget will again be late
Impasses don’t mean much unless they stretch for more than a few weeks. Then, they start having serious consequences for schools, libraries, and more.
Pennsylvania is going to blow its budget deadline again
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s state budget is going to be late for the fourth year in a row. It’s relatively common in Harrisburg for deals to be delayed a week or two as lawmakers hash out final details. But the depth of the current disagreements could make this impasse longer. And as past deadlocks have shown, delays can have real consequences for publicly funded services, from libraries to schools to child welfare programs. Top lawmakers and st…
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