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SEPTA funding crisis could affect central Pennsylvania’s Amtrak service, congressman warns

The train makes 13 daily round trips between Harrisburg and New York with stops in Lancaster, and several smaller communities ...

The SEPTA funding debate digs up Pennsylvania’s perennial rural-vs.-urban divide

It was a chord evident in Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman’s John Mellencamp lyric-infused speech Tuesday ...
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The conflicting visions to fund SEPTA and Pa.’s other public transit agencies, explained

Lawmakers have missed SEPTA’s deadline to act to forestall cuts, divided over where money for transit should come from.

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.

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 ...

Philadelphia Phillies fans say reduced SEPTA service will make getting to games more difficult, expensive

Fans said getting to games in South Philadelphia will be more difficult after SEPTA enacts drastic public transit cuts.

Pennsylvania Senate passes plan for SEPTA funding, but Democrats oppose bill

As SEPTA's funding deadline approaches, the Pennsylvania State Senate passed a new plan to fund the transit system, but ...

Protesters gather at Philly Sen. Joe Picozzi's office, demand funding for SEPTA

Protesters said they plan to remain at Sen. Joe Picozzi's office in Philadelphia until funding is secured for SEPTA to avoid ...
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Protesters pack state Sen. Picozzi’s Northeast Philly office ahead of SEPTA cuts

Cuts to Philly’s transit system will begin Sunday unless the state legislature takes urgent action. Protesters accused Picozzi of ignoring his constituents.