An 11th-hour adjustment will give Pennsylvania recipients of a soon-to-close public welfare program one more month of benefits. The state budget will eliminate the general assistance program, which provides about $200 a month in cash assistance to about 70,000 very low-income clients. About... Read more...
The honeymoon is OVER!!! Senate Democrats make last gasp attempt to reinstate cash assistance payments A late effort by Senate Democrats to restore funding for cash assistance payments in the state budget was voted down in the Senate Rules Committee on Thursday night. Gov. Tom Corbett propo... Read more...