Editorial: Wolf’s budget is progressive, but needs Democratic legislature to pass
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 7, 2018
Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled the fourth yearly budget of his term Tuesday — and unlike his previous three, we might actually see it fully passed before the end of the year thanks to the 2018 midterm elections. The 2018-19 budget is notably progressive — Wolf is calling to raise both funding for publi...
Gallagher meets with Gov. Wolf amid Pitt funding uncertainties
By Rachel Glasser and John Hamilton / TPN Staff
October 12, 2017
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf met with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher Thursday morning amid a state budget impasse that's making Pitt's state funding uncertain. Wolf met with Gallagher to "reassure him of his commitment to the state-related universities," Wolf's Press Secretary J.J. Abbott said in an email....