PA State Budget Announced
Gov. Tom Wolf signed the $34-billion budget Friday, June 28. The plan includes $750,000 for PA Public TV, the same amount as 2018-19 but does not stipulate $500,000 be allocated for the “Battling Opioids” statewide initiative. It also offers more money for public schools, early childhood education and public colleges and universities. There are no tax increases – and no new taxes or fees – in the budget. The Republican-led Legislature also approved a measure allowing the Wolf administration to take control of Pennsylvania’s online health insurance exchange program. The governor said it would help many Pennsylvanians save money.
Click here to see the line-by-line budget with Funding for PA PTV on Page 2, Line 113.