Topic: Budgeting

The Governor sent his $53.3 billion budget proposal to the state legislature in February. Here, in partnership with Committee of Seventy, a detailed breakdown

Next fall, a new law will mandate personal finance education in all PA high schools. Whether Philadelphia schools will be ready is up to us

A former City Council and School Reform Commission member weighs in on what a $300 million budget deficit says about School District leadership

The Governor’s budget address focused on solutions to our state’s housing crisis, the most bipartisan issue in the legislature. But will it go far enough?

When a federal government shutdown coincides with an unapproved state budget, the hardest hit will be the Pennsylvanians who need help the most

A longtime university president urges a return to playing fair

Cherelle Parker’s budget boiled down to jobs versus housing. Did she and City Council make the right bet?

Drexel’s Metro Finance chief on what places like Boston, New York and even Alabama are doing in the wake of funding and workforce cuts from President Trump's federal government

The court has promised more and equitable funding for Philadelphia schools. But, a longtime educator notes, all that money won’t matter if the District doesn’t fix how it budgets

In the budget battle, each side challenges the other but no side challenges itself