GOVERNOR SHAPIRO MISSES FIRST BUDGET DEADLINE

Governor Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania lawmakers have missed the July first budget deadline as negotiations continue behind closed doors. Without a new budget, the state loses authority to make many payments starting Today, though schools and counties likely won’t feel impacts until August.  Key sticking points include rising Medicaid costs and a GOP push to tax unregulated skill games, while Shapiro is pushing for more school and transit funding.  The governor proposed a 51-point-five-billion-dollar budget, a three-point-eight-billion-dollar increase in spending.  Shapiro says an agreement could be reached very soon.