As Pa. lawmakers work out a budget, trans athletes, liquor, and election money take center stage

By: Sam Dunklau

(Harrisburg) – Pennsylvania lawmakers are beginning to hammer out the details of the next state spending plan, due by the end of the month. Negotiations are mostly happening behind closed doors right now. 

Republicans say they want several billion more dollars socked away in the state’s emergency spending account, while Democrats are slowly pushing the GOP to spend down some $2.2 billion in pandemic relief funds that must be used within the next two years.

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