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Thursday, July 9, 2009
City Eyes Budget Battle In Harrisburg

So it's a slow day here in City Hall, but the administration's eyes are definitely on Harrisburg where the state budget war is waging. The city has asked state lawmakers to approve two local budget moves to deal with a budget gap -- a temporary sales tax hike and some changes to how the city pays into the pension fund -- but won't know for sure if they'll get the approvals until the state process is complete. Without this help, the mayor has said drastic cuts and layoffs will happen.

Meanwhile state lawmakers are fighting over how to solve their own budget gap. Here's the latest on the state budget situation from the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
 

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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
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Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.

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