Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered his first state budget address as governor yesterday. The governor is proposing spending of 44.4 billion dollars – an increase of more than three and a half percent from this fiscal year’s budget. The governor is calling for a one billion dollar increase in education spending, a $2,500 tax credit for those seeking to become teachers, nurses or police officers, expanding the state’s Property Tax and Rent rebate program, free breakfasts for all school children, adding almost new state troopers, more money to help low income families pay for child care, a reduction in the state’s corporate net income tax rate and a $15 per hour minimum wage. Shapiro called the proposal conservative. To discuss the budget plan on The Spark today is Berwood Yost, Director of the Floyd Institute for Public Policy and Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College

Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered his first state budget address as governor yesterday. The governor is proposing spending of 44.4 billion dollars – an increase of more than three and a half percent from this fiscal year’s budget. The governor is calling for a one billion dollar increase in education spending, a $2,500 tax credit for those seeking to become teachers, nurses or police officers, expanding the state’s Property Tax and Rent rebate program, free breakfasts for all school children, adding almost new state troopers, more money to help low income families pay for child care, a reduction in the state’s corporate net income tax rate and a $15 per hour minimum wage. Shapiro called the proposal conservative. To discuss the budget plan on The Spark today is Berwood Yost, Director of the Floyd Institute for Public Policy and Center for Opinion Research at Franklin &amp; Marshall College

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at https://witf.org/programs/the-spark.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from <a href="https://www.witf.org">WITF</a>, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

The Spark

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

Advertisement