Pennsylvania finally passed its new budget, and only 13 days late.
The Hall Monitor breaks down what is and isn’t in the state’s new $50.8 billion budget. Schools will get some help but transit lost out, and a lot of questions remain overall.
Co-hosts Larry McGlynn and Denise Clay-Murray are here to dig in to this “safe” budget’s winners and losers. “It’s what didn’t get into the budget that stands out to me,” Clay-Murray says.
Also on this week’s show: consumer reporter Lance Haver looks at why Philly’s property tax assessments are dishonest, and he takes on the Trump administration’s latest assault on free speech. (Hint: it’s local.)
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