Here's Commonwealth Foundation's weekly news roundup of policy issues being debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania.
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Governor Shapiro Presents Unaffordable State Budget
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 increase—funded by a looming tax hike and gutting of the state’s Rainy Day Fund.
Commonwealth Foundation Releases Analysis on Governor Shapiro’s 2026 Budget Plan
Governor Josh Shapiro’s 2026 budget proposal, totaling $53.26 billion, is “completely unaffordable and will cost $2,100 per family of four in looming tax hikes” according to analysis by Nathan Benefield, Commonwealth Foundation’s Chief Policy Officer.
Shapiro's Wish for Wasteful Spending
ICYMI: PA Pioneered School Choice. Now We Must Finish What We Started
Pennsylvania has been a trailblazer in educational opportunity. Long before school choice became a national movement, the good people of our great commonwealth helped prove that empowering families — not bureaucracies — could change lives.
