Lawmakers made a series of moves to advance a reported $50.1 billion spending, but few details have emerged.
Khan earned approximately 54% of the vote over incumbent Republican DA Jennifer Schorn with all precincts reporting, according to the county's unofficial election results. He ran unopposed in the May 20 primary.
Republican lawmakers have staunchly opposed the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as an economic burden.
Unless Congress acts, enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits will expire at year’s end, leaving small businesses in Pennsylvania and across the country bracing for higher health care costs.
Nearly 75% of 1.1 million mail-in ballots have been returned in election for judges, local officials.
In Pennsylvania, state Supreme Court justices are up for retention vote every 10 years after they are first elected. Instead of pitting candidates against the judges, these retention elections provide a depoliticized way for voters to choose yes or no on whether they want judges to continue serving on the bench for another decade.
The proposed amendment would protect a person’s right to choose or refuse an abortion, contraception, or fertility care.
The office started the $500 million Budget Bridge Loan Program in September to support county governments and Head Start local agencies, which provide education, health and social services to families with children aged 3 to 5.
The Pennsylvania Food and Hunger Relief Grant Program would divert $50 million from interest earned on the commonwealth’s rainy day fund to food banks and $10 million to Meals on Wheels Pennsylvania, plus $2 million to the state Department of Agriculture.
People employed by Franklin County need not worry about job security despite Pennsylvania's 16-week-long budget impasse, but some belt-tightening may be necessary, according to the county's chief financial officer.
