The Dentons Pennsylvania Public Affairs team has you covered with a curated run-down of the top news, headlines and trending policy issues for the week ending June 2nd.
This week, The details of the deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy were released Sunday in the form of a 99-page bill that would suspend the nation’s debt limit through 2025 to avoid a federal default while limiting government spending. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is declining to make public his daily calendar, a policy that obscures many of the details about who he meets with and what they discuss. The calendar turns to June and in Harrisburg, that means all eyes are on the budget, which is due at the end of the month. And finally, Pennsylvania will spend billions of dollars in the coming years to expand broadband, but unclear rules and a lack of transparency could cause trouble.
- Debt ceiling deal: What’s in, what’s out of the bill to avert US default. AP News
- Shapiro won’t share daily calendar, a departure from previous Pa. governor’s transparency. Spotlight PA
- New faces in Pennsylvania budget negotiation meetings. ABC27
- Prevailing wage, grant opacity complicate broadband expansion. Center Square
