{"id":242387,"date":"2026-07-13T17:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/242387\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:16:07","slug":"staats-highlights-fiscal-responsibility-education-and-infrastructure-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/242387\/","title":{"rendered":"Staats Highlights Fiscal Responsibility, Education and Infrastructure Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 13, 2026<\/p>\n<p>HARRISBURG \u2013 Rep. Craig Staats (R-Bucks) issued the following statement after the House approved the 2026-27 Pennsylvania state budget:&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, Republicans and Democrats came together to reach a responsible budget agreement. We built on that approach this year with a budget that protects taxpayers without raising broad-based taxes or using the Rainy Day Fund.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe budget expands access to the GROW PA program, provides $10 million to reduce waitlists at career and technical education centers and preserves tax policies that encourage employers to invest and create jobs. Those are smart decisions that will help meet Pennsylvania&#8217;s workforce needs for years to come.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continued funding for transportation improvements, school facilities and other infrastructure projects that communities depend on every day. Maintaining those investments strengthens our local communities and supports future economic growth.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo budget is perfect, but this agreement keeps Pennsylvania on solid financial footing while making meaningful investments that benefit families, employers and communities across our Commonwealth.\u201d&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Representative Craig Staats&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n145th Legislative District&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPennsylvania House of Representatives&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMedia Contact:  Will Patterson&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n267-688-2590&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nwpatterson@pahousegop.com&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRepStaats.com\/ Facebook.com\/RepStaats&#13;<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 13, 2026 HARRISBURG \u2013 Rep. Craig Staats (R-Bucks) issued the following statement after the House approved the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-242387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}