2016-17- State Budget Archives

Costa, Hughes Support Budget Becoming Law; New Funds for Education, Opioid Treatment

July 10, 2016

Harrisburg, July 10, 2016 – Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) and Senate Democratic Appropriations Chair Vincent J. Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) released the following comments in support of Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement that he was...

Senator Hughes Statement on Passage of State Budget

June 29, 2016

Harrisburg, June 29th, 2016 – State Senator Vincent Hughes today voted with the majority of the Pennsylvania Senate to pass a $31.53 billion General Fund budget. The bill offers an on-time budget that contains a modest increase funding for public education and makes other investments. The bill, which passed the Senate 47 to 3, will now be sent back to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for concurrence.

Senate Democrats Call for More Funding for Human Relations Commission

June 22, 2016

June 22, 2016 − State Senate Democratic Whip Anthony H. Williams (D-Philadelphia/Delaware) today said that the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) has been devastated by recurring state budget cuts and that the state spending plan now under consideration...

Hughes, Senate Democrats Say Wolf’s Budget Focused on Education, Deficit Reduction

February 9, 2016

Harrisburg – Feb. 9, 2016 – Facing an unfinished 2015-16 budget with the need to reconcile a 2016-17 spending plan that has a looming $2 billion deficit, Gov. Tom Wolf was forced to focus his second state budget proposal on education and deficit reduction, according...

Costa, Hughes Support Budget Becoming Law; New Funds for Education, Opioid Treatment

Senator Hughes Statement on Passage of State Budget

Senate Democrats Call for More Funding for Human Relations Commission

Hughes, Senate Democrats Say Wolf’s Budget Focused on Education, Deficit Reduction

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