<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - A week after a new fiscal year began for the majority of U.S. states, several still lacked balanced budgets on Wednesday and a few of those were likely not to reach a deal for at least another week.</p><p>"States are ...
<div id="subtitle">Pa. braces for economic impact as 1st big wave of jobless exhausts benefits checks</div><div><p>Thousands of jobless Pennsylvanians are joining the growing ranks of people around the country who are exhausting unemployment benefits, as some experts worry about another blow to a ...
<div><p>HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -- Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell on Wednesday signed an $11 billion "stop-gap" budget for fiscal 2010 that lets state employees and vendors get paid, but requires lawmakers to resume negotiations on education and other major state spending.</p><p>Senate Majority Leader ...
<div id="subtitle">No Kidding! Cosby tells Pa. lawmakers cuts in public schools could mean failure for kids</div><div><p>Comedian Bill Cosby finds nothing funny about cutting school funding.</p><p>Public education can make the difference between success and failure in life for many children ...
<div><p>HARRISBURG, Penn. (Reuters) - State legislators reached a tentative agreement on Friday on a fiscal 2010 budget, ending a deadlock that left the state without a full spending plan more than two months into the new fiscal year.</p><p>The $27.945 billion plan includes ...
<div><p>HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell said on Saturday he is ready to veto a bipartisan budget plan proposed by lawmakers to end a 10-week deadlock because it is out of balance and contains cuts to education and healthcare spending.</p><p>Rendell ...
<div id="subtitle">Rendell announces Pa. budget deal that ends 80-day impasse with mix of cuts and higher taxes</div><div><p>Gov. Ed Rendell and legislative leaders reached a budget deal Friday to end Pennsylvania's distinction as the last state still fighting over its annual spending plan.</p> ...
<div id="subtitle">Rendell signs Pa. budget after flurry of votes, ends 101-day stalemate, US' longest in 2009</div><div><p>Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has signed the key pieces of legislation necessary to end a 101-day state budget stalemate, the longest in the nation this year.</p><p ...
<div id="subtitle">Report by Pa. auditor general says state's tech contracts with Deloitte show system's flaws</div><div><p>A Pennsylvania audit of hundreds of millions of dollars in government technology contracts released Wednesday found poor record keeping, insufficient central oversight and an increased potential for a ...
<div id="subtitle">Pa. milk prices get a boost to help hurting farmers; a gallon of milk to rise by a few cents</div><div><p>The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board is temporarily boosting the minimum price of milk across the state by a few cents a gallon ...
