State Budget

Deficit Watch: June 2026

  • June 3, 2026

Background Pennsylvania continues to face serious fiscal challenges. The enacted 2025–26 General Fund budget created a $4.6 billion structural deficit. Gov. Josh…

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State Budget

A Budget You Can Afford

  • May 29, 2026

Summary Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2026–27 budget proposal is unaffordable. It calls for tax hikes that will raise the cost of living, wastes money on handouts to politically selected companies, and…

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Education

Deficit Watch: May 2026

  • May 7, 2026

Background Pennsylvania continues to face serious fiscal challenges. The enacted 2025–26 General Fund budget created a $4.6 billion structural deficit. Gov. Josh…

Deficit Watch

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Deficit Watch: April 2026

  • April 6, 2026

Background Pennsylvania continues to face serious fiscal challenges. The enacted 2025–26 General Fund budget created a $4.6 billion structural deficit. Gov. Josh…

Deficit Watch

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Shapiro’s “Affordability” Agenda Has a $7 Billion Problem

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 26, 2026

Originally published in The Mercury. Gov. Josh Shapiro wants Pennsylvanians to believe that he is delivering affordability. But his unaffordable budget tells a different story. The…

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Has Governor Shapiro Actually Cut Taxes?

  • February 12, 2026

Gov. Josh Shapiro desperately wants Pennsylvanians to believe he isn’t a run-of-the-mill tax-and-spend Democrat. “The Governor has cut taxes seven times,” claims one of his latest…

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Education

Governor Shapiro Presents Unaffordable State Budget

  • February 3, 2026

Gov. Josh Shapiro returns to Pennsylvania to pitch spending plan families cannot afford.   Harrisburg, Pa., February 3, 2026 — In a campaign-style speech that doesn’t address the needs of Pennsylvanians, Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered his 2026 state budget address, proposing a $3.2  billion spending…

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