Pa. Budget Delay Worries Local School Districts

Pennsylvania needs a budget – Our lawmakers need to compromise

This marks the third straight year our Commonwealth has missed the July 1 budget deadline, which is mandated in the state’s constitution. With each passing day of inaction, the consequences grow more real for our small businesses, counties, school districts…

Pa. budget delay worries local school districts

HADLEY, Pa. (WKBN) - The Pennsylvania state budget was due July 1. It's now four weeks late, and that's a problem for schools. Michelle Goehring is the business manager of the Commodore Perry School District. With critical state payments being delayed, schools have to rely on what they have. Goehring knows Commodore Perry's general fund balance is helpful right now. "We received a letter that said we would not receive basic education or transpor…

Market St. mess; 'Love Is Blind' is coming to town; Pa. budget stalemate

#BILLYPENNGRAM OF THE DAY These boots were made for planting(Photo by @gpatomk)  Market Street shops brace for continued construction Angelo Pizza (yes, that’s his actual name) opened his namesake pizza restaurant on Market Street in November 2020, and survived the pandemic. But it’s ongoing construction, not COVID-19, that has proven the biggest threat to his business. “If I were a newer business, we probably wouldn’t make it through this,” Piz…

School budgetary woes in Pa.

By Wayne Brookhart