Republicans are poised to pass a state budget that adds a grand total of $8 million in new basic education funding, or roughly 3 cents per student for each school day and less than 1 percent of the $1 billion that was cut from classrooms in the last four Republican-backed budgets.
Budget News
It is Time to End Political Games, Working Families Oppose House Budget
Leaders of the CLEAR Coalition today urged Republican lawmakers to end the political games and focus on a state budget that restores the devastating cuts to our public schools and other critical state programs.
CLEAR launches television campaign urging lawmakers to support Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal
The CLEAR Coalition today launched a television campaign urging lawmakers to support Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal and “start moving Pennsylvania forward.”
CLEAR Coalition supports Governor Wolf’s bold budget that invests in our students and our working families
Leaders of the CLEAR Coalition congratulated Gov. Tom Wolf on his bold 2015-2016 budget proposal and vowed to work with the legislature to form bipartisan support for the vision that Gov. Wolf has outlined today.
Privatizing liquor won’t yield a pot of gold for the state budget: David Fillman
Pennsylvania confronts a $2 billion budget deficit that is a result of Gov. Tom Corbett’s failed policies, principally one-time budget fixes; and his unwillingness to support a statewide shale tax, Medicaid expansion or closing corporate tax loopholes.