State General Assistance Program Ended

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A state program that provided $205 a month in cash payments to poor or disabled Pennsylvanians has ended. The program known as general assistance ceased Thursday under a month-old law, while the state Commonwealth Court rejected an injunction request to keep it operating during a legal challenge. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf opposed the program’s elimination. His administration is trying to get its roughly 11,000 recipients help from other state and non-profit services.