PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed the state budget into law . He officially signed the 2026-27 General Appropriations Act into law around 6:15 p.m. It’s the fifth year in a row that the state budget has been overdue. Lawmakers said the stalemate this time around boiled down to how the budget is paid and a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling on skill machines complicating talks. In his remarks, Gov. Shapiro repeatedly praised the divided legislature for finding compromise and consensus. “This is the fourth year in a row where – despite working with one of the only divided legislatures in the country, where we have some really profound differences – we stayed at the table and brought Democrats and Republicans together to get stuff done, again,” he said. “We managed to find compromise – without compromising our core values.” The new budget cuts taxes, invests in education and workforce development, offers a pension bump to retired school, state and emergency responders, funds projects to repair state roads, provides relief for farmers, supports crisis centers and requires data centers to report annual utility consumption to the state. While the budget contained many compromises, Shapiro said he’s proud of avoiding any cuts to Medicaid and that all adequacy funding stayed.