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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Wednesday's DN: Happy Fiscal Year 2010

Happy new year.  Sort of.  Today marks the first day of fiscal year 2010 for Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.  But the state General Assembly can't agree with Gov. Rendell on a budget.  And the city's five-year spending plan can't get started unless the General Assembly signs off on a 1-cent increase in the local sales tax and pension fund changes.

With that in mind, PhillyClout decided to check in with every member of the Philadelphia delegation to the General Assembly to see if they had made up their minds about the sales tax issue.  About half couldn't even make up their minds to answer the question.  Click here to read the responses we got from the others.

While we're talking budgets, John Baer takes a look at the spending impasse in Harrisburg.

On a brighter note, a program started in Philadelphia to help people save their homes from foreclosure is getting close study from the around the country.

And the pace of people moving out of Philadelphia is slowing down.

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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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