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THE ISSUE: From 2017 through 2020, the Pennsylvania General Assembly spent $203 million “just to feed, house, transport, and provide rental offices and other perks for lawmakers and their staffs,
Over the next year, The Caucus and Spotlight PA will examine and make public specific areas of spending by the legislature as part of their ongoing efforts to follow the money and track taxpayer dollars. Be the first to know by signing up for Spotlight PAâs free newsletters.HARRISBURG â The Pennsylvania legislature got to work at 1 p.m. on March 18, 2019.
Three and a half hours later on that Monday afternoon, lawmakers had adjourned.
They passed eight bills, four of which eventually became law and none of which was controversial or particularly groundbreaking. One established a promotional board for distilled spirits. Two dealt with agricultural conservation easements.