(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro arrives to deliver his budget address for the 2025-26 fiscal year to a joint session of the state House and Senate at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro delivered his fourth budget address at the State Capitol in Harrisburg today, which is for 2026-2027. On November 12th, 2025, Shapiro signed key budget bills that ended an impasse that started on June 30th, 2025, which was when the Pennsylvania state budget was due last year. The proposal of $53 billion includes funding for initiatives like legalization of cannabis and increases of minimum wage, along with hundreds of millions of dollars for education.