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Pa. lawmakers’ budget deal hinges on accounting trick to please all sides

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By Zack Hoopes Verified
| Lehigh Valley Live Verified
The keystone of Pennsylvania’s new budget is going into place. It’s a bit anticlimactic, and confusing for anyone who isn’t acquainted with the fine points of government accounting. State lawmakers met Saturday evening to begin voting on measures that will finalize the commonwealth’s 2026-27 budget, including $50.8 billion in general appropriations — a sum far less than the $53.3 billion in general fund spending that Gov. Josh Shapiro had requested.
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Pa. lawmakers' budget deal hinges on accounting trick to please all sides

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By Zack Hoopes Verified
| MSN Verified
Zack Hoopes, pennlive.com The keystone of Pennsylvania's new budget is going into place. It's a bit anticlimactic, and confusing for anyone who isn't acquainted with the fine points of government accounting. State lawmakers met Saturday evening to begin voting on measures that will finalize the commonwealth's 10-day-late 2026-27 budget , including $50.8 billion in general appropriations — a sum far less than the $53.3 billion in general fund spending that Gov. Josh Shapiro had requested.
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‘A positive direction’: Pa. lawmakers launch weekend of work on emerging state budget deal

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By Zack Hoopes Verified
| Penn Live Patriot-News Verified
News Published: Jul. 10, 2026, 11:00 p.m. View of the south side of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex at night.Kent M. Wilhelm / Spotlight PA The state Senate began turning the gears Friday night on a budget deal that is expected to be wrapped up within the next few days. The Senate Appropriations Committee met to vote through a dozen bills needed to complete the emerging legislative package negotiated between the Republican-majority Senate, Democratic-majority House, and Democratic Gov.
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