The all-Republican delegation of state lawmakers from the region had mixed reactions to the $50.8 billion state budget that was approved by the General Assembly Sunday and signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro. The 2026-27 budget, which was completed 12 days after its mandated deadline, was described by ...

The Judy Early Education Group could be serving up to 342 children in Fayette and Westmoreland counties in its child care centers, but it has only 197 enrolled. The reason? They would need to recruit nine additional teachers, according to Christina Saunders, the director of administration for ...

Tardy state budgets in Pennsylvania are hardly out of the ordinary – an impasse between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled General Assembly dragged on for nine months during the first year of Wolf’s tenure a decade ago. Now that a month has passed since a final ...