SEPTA Biding Its Time For State Funding as Pa. Rushes New Budget Into Law
A SEPTA spokeswoman says the transit agency wasn't expecting the state legislature to approve transportation funding before the end of the state's fiscal year, June 30th.
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A SEPTA spokeswoman says the transit agency wasn't expecting the state legislature to approve transportation funding before the end of the state's fiscal year, June 30th.
House Republicans have said "no" to a $2-per-pack cigarette tax in the city, but Nutter isn't ready to throw in the towel on that proposal.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett has taken the wraps off an emergency funding proposal intended to raise $140 million for Philadelphia's public schools.
Corbett signed the $28.4 billion Republican-penned spending plan, hours after both the House and Senate voted Sunday to send it to him.
Gov. Tom Corbett said he has completed negotiations with state lawmakers on a rescue package for Philadelphia public schools.
The state Senate on Sunday approved a new budget, while a vote in the House is still pending.
It appears lawmakers will have to work past their scheduled Sunday night recess to finish work on the budget.
Authorities say a woman escaped a rooming house in Bethlehem, Pa. where she was being held captive in a locked bedroom for three weeks.
As re-enacted war raged several miles away, tourists strolled a commercial strip of Gettysburg to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War's pivotal battle.
The House back in March passed a liquor privatization bill and now the concept has cleared a major hurdle in the Senate, in the form of an amendment to the House bill passed early Saturday morning.
DVIC is a massive intelligence- gathering outlet for Philadelphia and the five suburban counties. But Mayor Nutter says it is designed to also share information with other "fusion centers," as they are called, in New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.
In a move that increases the chance for getting a bill to the governor before recess, the committee approved a plan that raises less money for roads, bridges, and mass transit than a bill passed by the state senate but more than what Gov. Corbett has proposed.
"Members were able to reach -- I can't say 'agreement' at this point -- but there were good conversations."
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Bills in the state legislature that are critical to Mayor Nutter's initiatives were advanced by a state Senate committee yesterday but time is running out for action before lawmakers' scheduled summer recess on Sunday.
