Higher Tuition May Be On The Way For State Universities

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A partisan dispute about funding for three of Pennsylvania’s state-related universities may mean higher tuition for in-state students as a budget impasse continues further into the summer. The state government approached two weeks without full spending authority on Tuesday. Funding for Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh and Temple is in limbo. The three universities receive state subsidies. Gov. Josh Shapiro and his Democratic allies have supported raising state aid to the three schools by 7% to $623 million, collectively. Republicans have balked and repeatedly rejected efforts to approve the aid in recent weeks.