Thread regarding Allegheny County layoffs

Penn government officials began notifying more than two hundred state employees Monday (8/10) that they are losing their jobs, as a budget stalemate driven by the great recession and political partisanship threatened to exact a higher toll. The state employee layoffs are fallout from a budget deficit that has prevented passage of a complete budget more than six weeks into the new fiscal year. In the meantime, the state government is running on a slim budget approved last week that does not include funds for many social services, state funded public schools and other important programs.