After 19 weeks on a knife edge, Pennsylvania finally has a budget. The short-term political problems have been solved through a series of give-and-take compromises; the long-term political problems remain. The quick version of this year’s budget impasse is that Democrats offered to come down from Gov. Josh Shapiro’s original budget request - which featured $51.5 billion in general fund ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Despite the contentious issue of mass transit funding being off the table, top Pennsylvania legislative leaders are still unable to agree on the most basic question when it comes to state budget negotiations: how much money they should ...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Two months into Pennsylvania’s budget stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R) said his caucus would be open to a $49 billion plan to end the gridlock. But a final deal — which landed on a not very different $50.09 ...

Here we go again. Pennsylvania’s latest budget impasse, which dragged on for 135 days, just ended in mid-November. Now, less than three months later, state government leaders are preparing to begin the often-tortured process of trying to hammer out a budget for the coming fiscal year.

In this election year — in which both parties will be trying to flip a legislative chamber — lawmakers could face pressure to finish a budget deal earlier than in the past.