Pennsylvania’s state Senate is set to return to Harrisburg Monday afternoon, but with no agreed-upon solution for a state budget impasse that is already 10 weeks old, Harrisburg politicos say not to expect much more than a business-as-usual legislative session.
There has been some progress recently, at least when it comes to funding the state’s public-transit agencies. But that does little for small nonprofits — such as AWARE, a group of domestic violence and rape crisis centers in Mercer County — who face financial turmoil unless the budget impasse is resolve.
“We are unable to make payroll,” said AWARE executive director Megan McConahy Friday. “That’s where we’re at right now, so starting on Monday, everybody will need to go to a part-time schedule in order for us to be able to keep the doors open.”…