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Pennsylvania: Budget

Mon, 06/23/2008 - 15:00

State unions make voices in heard in Capitol

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

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HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania's state workers wanted lawmakers to hear their displeasure over potential furloughs and flat funding.

Literally.

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Wed, 06/11/2008 - 15:25

Evans unveils House Democratic budget

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

HARRISBURG -- The House Appropriations Committee added $147 million to Gov. Ed Rendell's budget proposal Wednesday, one of the beggining steps of what many observers expect to be another difficult budget season.

The bill is expected to be moved to the House for second consideration on June 23. 

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Tue, 06/10/2008 - 16:53

Republicans furious at Evans after furlough bill amended

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

HARRISBURG -- Let the budget politics begin.

Republican leadership blasted House Appropriations Chairman Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia) for playing politics with people's lives after his committee Tuesday afternoon amended and then approved a bill that could prevent the state from furloughing nearly 25,000 "non-essential" state workers.

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Tue, 06/10/2008 - 13:33

Democrats amend, pass furlough bill; Republicans furious

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The House Appropriations Committee this afternoon unexpectedly amended and then approved a bill that would allow the state to temporarily retain roughly 25,000 state employees if a budget is not passed by July 1.

It would allocate $20 million of the state's rainy day fund, a reserve designed to help during difficult economic times, to pay for the state's "non-essential" employees.

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Tue, 06/10/2008 - 09:20

General Assembly to talk furloughs today

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Tuesday in Harrisburg will help decide whether the threat of furloughs will hang over budget negotiations.

State Sen. Jeff Piccola (R-Dauphin County) will hold a hearing of the Senate State Government Committee to discuss Gov. Ed Rendell's recent statements that he would be forced to temporarily lay off tens of thousands of state workers earlier this year than last. The committee, which Piccola chairs, will question Naomi Wyatt, secretary of the Office of Administration.

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Mon, 06/02/2008 - 14:08

Rendell optimistic for budget’s future

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Gov. Ed Rendell today said he is optimistic after meeting with legislative leaders that the budget will be resolved before he will be forced to furlough state workers for the second year in a row.

But the governor said lawmakers must immediately form special task forces to scrutinize his budget proposals, which include health care and energy reform, the Jonas Salk Legacy Fund, an economic stimulus package and new education funding directed by the state's costing-out study.

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