Aug 27, 2015
More than 300 Chester Upland School District faculty members and support staff voted Thursday to work without pay if necessary after learning from Superintendent Gregory Shannon during their first day back at school that there are insufficient funds to meet the...
Aug 26, 2015
Pennsylvania will end August in the same position it started, with no finalized state budget in place. After this week’s failed attempts to nudge budget negotiations along, prospects of breaking this budget impasse — which entered its 57th day Wednesday —...
Aug 26, 2015
Morrisville School Board president Damon Miller likens his predicament to being uncool at a middle-school dance. “You have to have two to dance, and there’s no one coming to the dance with us at this time,” he said. For three years, the Morrisville...
Aug 26, 2015
The way Tuesday’s state budget negotiations ended left Republican legislative leaders anticipating that when talks resumed on Wednesday, Gov. Tom Wolf would finally give them an answer as to whether he would accept a potentially budget-impasse-breaking offer...
Aug 25, 2015
Delaware County’s newest state legislator had baptism by fire Tuesday. Within three hours of being installed as representative for the 161st legislative district, Democrat Leanne Krueger-Braneky was on the House floor debating issues surrounding the long-overdue state...
Aug 25, 2015
HARRISBURG, PA (August 25th, 2015) – The eight week long budget impasse is creating uncertainty for schools and frustrating parents. At a rally in the Capitol Rotunda, parents and education advocates made it clear that a budget that invests $410 million in new...
