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Live updates: Lawmakers have hours to reach deal to stop SEPTA's ‘death spiral'

Update: This story is no longer being updated. Get live updates on the latest efforts to reach a deal on SEPTA funding here.

Pennsylvania House committee rejects Republican plan for SEPTA funding as "doomsday" deadline looms

A Pennsylvania House committee voted down a bill the Republican-controlled Senate passed to infuse new funding into SEPTA.
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SEPTA funding still in limbo despite Pennsylvania Senate approval of budget amendment

Democrats expressed frustration with the change, saying the money is already earmarked for necessary system and safety ...

Pa. Senate Republicans passed two years of funding for mass transit, but SEPTA says it needs more details

Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled Senate also advanced a $47.6 billion state budget for 2025-26 that holds spending flat, but ...
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Transit bill from Pa. Senate fails to move forward as SEPTA's deadline approaches

With SEPTA’s deadline to secure funding to avoid a “transit death spiral” a day away, a bill that was passed by the ...
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Senate GOP passes transit funding, but Democrats cry foul

The state Senate GOP on Tuesday also passed a bill that would fund both mass transit and road infrastructure by redirecting yet-to-be-used capital improvement money from the state’s public transit ...

So-called ‘skill games’ are concentrated in poor Philly neighborhoods. Local leaders don’t want it to be the only funding stream for mass transit.

Community leaders and lawmakers in North and West Philadelphia have deep reservations about funding SEPTA with revenue from a proposed tax on “skill games,” the long-unregulated gaming devices ...