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Today, Governor Tom Wolf joined business leaders and members of the General Assembly to celebrate the state’s corporate net income tax (CNIT) reduction, which will take effect Jan 2023. 

The state’s new budget pays off $42 million in debt, but backers say a bigger policy change is needed to prepare the system for future downturns.

National Night Out is Tuesday, Aug. 2.

The state’s new budget pays off $42 million in debt, but backers say a bigger policy change is needed to prepare the system for future downturns.

HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania lawmakers have failed to adopt a policy change that supporters say would bolster the state’s pandemic-battered unemployment program against future spikes in jobless claims wh...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania lawmakers have failed to adopt a policy change that supporters say would bolster the state’s pandemic-battered unemployment program

The recently enacted state budget is the most comprehensive budget-related legislative package that Harrisburg has delivered in a long time. Quite simply, it is a budget that puts the needs of the people before the needs of the government.

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press /Report for America

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Amid a growing population of youth experiencing mental health crises, as well as another spate of mass shootings around the country, Pennsylvania lawmakers are prioritizing mental health services in this year’s budget by approving a first-time line item of $100 million for in-school support.

The $45.2 billion spending plan awaits signature.