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Lawmakers vote to bank pandemic funds, boost schools funding

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 25, 2021 11:37 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state budget that dumps billions in federal coronavirus money into savings, boosts spending on education and provides aid to nursing...

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2020 file photo, Pennsylvania Sen. Kim Ward, of the 39th district, attends a hearing of the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee in Gettysburg, Pa. Republican lawmakers across the country have tried to roll back the emergency powers that governors wielded during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they ordered businesses and schools shut and mask-wearing in public. On Tuesday, May 18 Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled Legislature is taking its case to voters, in twin constitutional amendments on the primary ballot that would give lawmakers much more power over disaster declarations, whether another pandemic or a natural disaster. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
1st ballot test of governor's pandemic powers starts in PA

By Marc Levy May. 13, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, center, speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump as they demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Harrisburg, Pa., after Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump to become 46th president of the United States. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting

By Mark Scolforo Nov. 30, 2020 12:31 AM EST

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, center, speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump as they demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Harrisburg, Pa., after Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump to become 46th president of the United States. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting

By Mark Scolforo Nov. 29, 2020 05:25 PM EST

This photo from May 1, 2020, shows local government candidate's campaign signs along a roadside in Wexford, Pa. The state's primary election is June 2, 2020 and will feature legislative and congressional races, a first run for some new paper-record voting systems and the inaugural use of newly legalized mail-in ballots. Pennsylvanians have embraced the state's new vote-by-mail option that was passed last year but has been widely adopted as a way to avoid pandemic exposure. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Mail voting, new machines feature in Pennsylvania primary

By Mark Scolforo May. 18, 2020 11:52 AM EDT