Nonprofits Mark 100th Day of Budget Impasse

Several nonprofit organizations gathered in the Capitol Rotunda today to mark the 100th day of the budget stalemate. The impasse has caused nonprofits to  cut services, layoff employees, take out loans, and forced some to permentanly shut down. David Ross, Public Policy Office for the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO), said the lack of a state budget is a “man-made disaster, it must end now.” The organizations called on lawmakers to release funding as quickly as possible once the budget is signed and urged the Legislature to take steps to ensure that this does not happen again. “We cannot let nonprofits become collateral damage of future budget negotiations.” Check the PLS Capitol Toolbox later today for the full story.