Pennsylvania’s top leaders have reached a $50.1 billion state budget deal, signaling a breakthrough in impasse

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s top legislative leaders and Gov. Josh Shapiro have agreed to a $50.1 billion state budget deal ...

Legislature returns to Harrisburg with a possible deal to break budget impasse

This post has been updated with additional information on Tuesday night’s votes. Most of Pennsylvania’s legislature was back in Harrisburg Tuesday night to work on a deal to end Pennsylvania’s 19-week ...

Historic federal government shutdown is nearly over, and no one won

The Congressional Budget Office says that the negative impact on the economy will be mostly recovered once the shutdown ends, ...