As noted last week, the North East School Board has proposed a budget for the upcoming 23-24 school year that includes a 3.97 percent tax increase. This follows a 3.94 percent increase for 22-23 and 1.94 percent for 21-22. There’s a point when raising taxes may not be the best option, perhaps it makes more […]
North East School District Proposes 23-24 Budget with a 3.97 Percent Tax Increase
The proposed North East School District final budget for the 2023-2024 school year is available now for public review. It includes a proposed 3.97% property tax increase – ($57.00 per $100,000 assessed value). The proposed budget was adopted at the April 20th board meeting with final action scheduled for the meeting to be held Thursday, […]
North East Township Supervisors Schedule 2023 Budget Work Sessions
The North East Township Board of Supervisors will hold 2023 budget work sessions on : Monday October 17th 9:30am-12pm Thursday October 20th 9am-12pm Tuesday October 25th 9am-12pm All meetings will be held at 10300 West Main Road, North East, PA 16428.
North East Borough Proposed 2020 Budget and Tax Rate Ordinance
The Borough of North East does hereby give notice that the Borough Council thereof will consider at its meeting on the 16th day of December, 2019 commencing at 7:00 p.m. prevailing time, at the Borough Hall, 31 West Main Street, North East, PA 16428, for adoption, the 2020 Budget which budget will be available for […]
Governor Wolf Playing Political Word Games in Budget Impasse
In Tuesday’s press conference addressing the PA budget, Governor Wolf spent considerable time attacking the GOP and even former Governor Tom Corbett with his “draconian Corbett budgets,” but what draconian cuts is he accusing the former governor of making? During his campaign, Wolf accused Corbett of cutting $1 billion from education and his reference in […]
Governor Wolf Allows Emergency School Funding and Essential Services
Governor Tom Wolf began a Tuesday press conference by calling the budget presented to him before Christmas “garbage,” while calling for spending increases as outlined in the $30.8 billion budget he prefers. He is allowing emergency funds to go out to schools and state agencies to keep them from closing. He called on the legislature […]
PA Budget Fight Raising State Borrowing Costs
The six month budget impasse is already costing residents of Pennsylvania because investors are demanding higher rates of return on PA debt that reflects the higher risk of those investments. The higher interest rate PA must pay for borrowing dollars means the state is spending more dollars without getting any more services in return. A […]
PA Senate Passes Budget to End Deadlock so Schools Can Stay Open
The PA Senate passed a $30.3 billion budget and sent it on to the Governor who has 10 days to sign it. No tax increase is required and if signed, state funding for schools and other services will become available. Republicans are generally in favor, Democrats generally less so, unfortunately, neither this $30.3 billion version […]
Ghost Voting in PA Legislature to Get Budget Deal
If you’re not following the day to day budget negotiations going on in Harrisburg, you might imagine there’s an orderly process of serious lawmakers discussing the intricacies of state finances, trying to do what’s right for you and me. Well, not a chance, not even close. Ghostly votes Yesterday, when a procedural vote was taken […]
North East’s Representative Glenn Thompson Votes in Favor of Massive Spending Bill
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, widely referred to as the omnibus spending bill just passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 316 to 113. Our representative Glenn Thompson voted in favor of the bill. The vote passed with a majority of the votes 166, coming from Democrats while 150 were from Republicans. Voting […]