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The Pennsylvania Constitution requires the adoption of a budget by midnight June 30 each year, the last day in the fiscal year. [5] [6] There were seven consecutive budget impasses in Pennsylvania between 2003 and 2009, with tensions between Democratic Governor Ed Rendell and the Republican-controlled State Senate delaying the passage of annual budgets. [7]
A number of states have a two-year or three year budget (e.g.: Kentucky) while others have a one-year budget (e.g.: Massachusetts). In the table, the fiscal years column lists all of the fiscal years the budget covers and the budget and budget per capita columns show the total for all those years.
Talks have been difficult this year due to differing priorities among Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican leaders, as well as emboldened conservative rank-and-file dissidents.
Reading Railroad Co. v. Pennsylvania, 82 U.S. (15 Wall.) 232 (1872), often known as the State Freight Tax Case, was a U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled that the state of Pennsylvania violated the U.S. Constitution by imposing unjust taxes on interstate commerce.
Pennsylvania has a 2024-25 spending plan, and in just under two weeks past the June 30 constitutional deadline.. Lawmakers in Harrisburg and Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday night signed off on a $47 ...
Jul. 6—HARRISBURG — State lawmakers approved Pennsylvania's budget but the process isn't finished, and Gov. Josh Shapiro is calling on state senators to return to the Capitol to finish the job.
State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) will likely be contested in his GOP primary next year. Republican Rachel Moyer has announced her plan to run for Diamond's 102nd Legislative District seat in ...
In 2014, the William Penn School District partnered with the Public Interest Law Center along with several other school districts, parents, and advocacy groups to file a lawsuit saying that the state's process for funding schools, which relies heavily on local taxes, thereby creating significant per-student funding gaps between wealthy districts and low-wealth ones, is tantamount to ...