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Deadline quickly approaching for new Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit

April 2, 2026

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Good afternoon everyone,

It’s Thursday, April 2, and welcome back to another edition of the Keystone Labor Report.

With Passover and Easter arriving, Wednesday marked nearly one year since Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were forced to flee the Governor’s residence after an arsonist set fire to the building hours after they celebrated the first night of Passover.

Passover celebrations returned to the mansion last evening with Shapiro and the first lady hosting close to 100 residents from across the commonwealth for a Seder meal.

Before the guests arrived, Shapiro and his wife hosted an interfaith roundtable discussion with faith leaders from across the state, where he thanked them for helping him and his family get through the past year.

(Sean Kitchen / The Keystone)

Sean Kitchen,

Political Correspondent, The Keystone

(Sean Kitchen / The Keystone)

Are you one of the 950,000 Pennsylvanians who qualify for the brand new Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit (WPTC)? If so, there are approximately 450,000 who qualify for the credit but have yet to file their taxes and claim the credit.

Gov. Josh Shapiro crisscrossed Pennsylvania over the past week reminding residents that the April 15 tax deadline is quickly approaching.

The WPTC, which was included in last year’s budget, is modeled off of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and it is projected to provide $193 million in tax relief this year.

Eligible Pennsylvanians include:

A single working parent with three children earning $23,300 would receive the maximum of $805.
A single working parent with two children who earns $50,000 per year would receive $154.
A single working parent with three children who earns $45,000 per year would receive $349.
A married couple with two children making $30,470 would receive $715.
A married couple with three children making $60,000 would receive $183.

“The Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit is the seventh tax cut we’ve delivered through bipartisan work with the Legislature — but there are more than 400,000 hardworking Pennsylvanians who have yet to claim this credit, and I want to make sure everyone who is eligible, will get this money back into their pockets,” Shapiro said in a statement.

READ more about the tax credit here

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(Sean Kitchen / The Keystone)

One of the things I love most about living in Harrisburg and the southcentral Pennsylvania area is the changing of seasons, especially when spring arrives and all of the migratory birds make their way back.

One of the birds that comes back to my Harrisburg neighborhood every April is the yellow crowned night heron, which is considered one of the rarest migratory birds in the commonwealth.

Harrisburg sits on their northernmost breeding range and has a ton of old-growth sycamore trees along the riverfront that provides them with a prime feeding location and protection from potential predators.

If I had to guess, there are about 20 to 30 nests in the Midtown and Uptown neighborhoods with some pairs starting to make their way towards the capitol grounds.

Just one last thing: Don’t park your car under any of their nests because things will get messy.