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The Philadelphia Inquirer Pennsylvania faces up to $4 billion shortfall as coronavirus shutdown upends state budget

APRIL 9, 2020 | by Charlotte Keith | THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

By Charlotte Keith, includes “… ‘Taxpayers should be prepared for a significant reduction in state resources,’ Knittel said.  … Roughly 20% of the state’s workers have been temporarily laid off, he said. The resulting deluge of unemployment claims could cost the state between $4.5 billion and $6 billion by the end of the next fiscal year, the report said. …”

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