Shapiro’s workforce development plan could pay off big for Pa., policy director says

Marc Stier addresses Pa. Press Club

Marc Stier, director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center in Harrisburg, shared his view of Pennsylvania's Gov. Josh Shapiro and his first budget at the Pennsylvania Press Club on Monday at the Hilton Harrisburg. March 13, 2023 Jan Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s effort to win bipartisan appeal in his first budget by emphasizing workforce training and supports to help businesses create new high-wage jobs could prove to be truly transformative for the state, said the director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center.

Marc Stier, who heads that liberal-leaning policy center in Harrisburg, said the only problem he sees with what the new Democratic governor proposed in that initiative is he didn’t put enough money behind them.

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