Pennsylvania’s state budget delay, SNAP depletions collide: This Week in Pennsylvania
(WHTM) – Pennsylvania’s months-long budget delay and the depletion of SNAP benefits amid a federal shutdown collided last week as lawmakers scrambled to find solutions to help those who will feel an immediate impact. On Friday Governor Josh Shapiro announced the direction of $5 million worth of state funding to Feeding Pennsylvania to distribute through its […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -- With Congress working to pass the coined "big, beautiful bill," Republicans insist it won't cut programs like Medicaid and SNAP. But as abc27 News' Dennis Owens reports, that may not be entirely true. Although Republican lawmakers insist that they are only looking to eliminate waste, fraud…
(WHTM) -- Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services is displaying partisan messages on its website blaming Republicans for the federal government shutdown. "Because Republicans in Washington D.C., failed to pass a federal budget, causing the federal government shutdown, November 2025 SNAP benefits cannot be paid," a banner on the website's homepage…
(WHTM) - On This Week in Pennsylvania, Rob Blair, President of the PA Building and Construction Trades Council, joins the show and discusses the state of labor in Pennsylvania and the state's AI data center boom. We also take a look at the latest developments in Pennsylvania's ongoing budget negotiations.…