Shapiro’s announcement comes amid an energy crunch that threatens to raise electricity bills across in the nation’s second-biggest natural gas-producing state.
Pennsylvania state and local officials are scrambling after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered a temporary pause on federal financial assistance, a halt that could disrupt trillions of dollars nationally.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday said that the state's access to Medicaid and Head Start had been restored as of Tuesday night after the services were interrupted amid an announced freeze on federal funds by the Trump administration.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's access to federal payment systems for Medicaid and Head Start were restored late Tuesday, hours after they were shut off following the White House said it had put a freeze on funding of a wide range of government programs.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro addresses federal grant and loan freeze, calling it 'reckless'The freeze is already impacting some services. The governor says portals for Medicaid, CareerLink and Head Start are down in Pennsylvania and other states.
Shapiro’s term so far has come with challenges, as one of few governors in the country with a GOP-controlled Senate and a narrow Democratic majority in the state House.
The organization that oversees the region’s electrical grid has agreed to a new cap on certain power price hikes, following a threat from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to consider pulling out of the system.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro: Disruption of federal funding was not productive"They were very purposeful in trying to wreak havoc on our communities and stop these federal dollars from flowing to our states," the governor said.
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Josh Shapiro, John Fetterman among top presidential contenders in 2028; reportNew analysis from The Washington Post is placing two prominent Pennsylvania Democrats among the top candidates for president in 2028. The list of a dozen potential presidential candidates is headlined by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro,
Vice president JD Vance has a huge lead now, but there are some other candidates who could help you cash in four years from now.
Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday that he has reached an agreement with PJM Interconnection on a plan to resolve his recent lawsuit.
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