(Photo Courtesy of Commonwealth Media Services)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro provided an update yesterday in Harrisburg on the negotiations of the Pennsylvania state budget. Yesterday was one-hundred days since the Pennsylvania state budget deadline on June 30th, 2025. Pennsylvania is the only state without some form of plan for spending in place for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. There was also a vote of 105-98 yesterday in which lawmakers in the Democratic-led House approved a spending proposal of $50.25 billion and sent it to the Senate for consideration. According to Shapiro in his comments yesterday, “this is a budget that cuts taxes, doesn’t raise them, that protects the rainy day fund and still manages to make critically important investments.” Shapiro also noted that these investments are in safety, funding schools and economic opportunity and this budget will allow money to go to both rape crisis centers and schools. Shapiro also confirmed that this budget will also allow counties to get their necessary funding and stated “it will allow Pennsylvanians to get what they deserve, which is a balanced budget that cuts taxes and makes improtant investments.”