{"id":147444,"date":"2026-02-03T20:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=147444"},"modified":"2026-02-03T20:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:36:31","slug":"schlossberg-applauds-governors-proposed-investments-in-schools-job-creation-mental-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=147444","title":{"rendered":"Schlossberg applauds governor\u2019s proposed investments in schools, job creation, mental health care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HARRISBURG, Feb. 3\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0State Rep. Mike Schlossberg offered the following statement in response to Gov. Josh Shapiro\u2019s 2026-27 state budget that he proposed today before a joint session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Governor Shapiro\u2019s proposed budget is a great first step for the Lehigh Valley. It builds on the historic progress being made to invest in our community schools and ensure world-class public education is available to every student regardless of ZIP code.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLikewise, Governor Shapiro is proposing to continue the incredible work we have done to make Pennsylvania a leader in job creation, adding to the tens of billions of private investments spurred by efforts to attract and grow businesses. Efforts like this have allowed Pennsylvania to attract world-class companies like Eli Lily to the Lehigh Valley, contribute to the construction of the Upper Macungie Township Community Lifestyle Center, invest in housing improvements at Phoebe Ministries, and help to redevelop the former A-Treat facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am also encouraged by Governor Shapiro\u2019s increase in resources to support mental health care improvements in Pennsylvania, working with counties to better meet our community\u2019s needs with more providers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPennsylvania needs to be a strong partner for education, job creation and mental health care. Governor Shapiro\u2019s proposal reflects that strong partnership with our schools, businesses and workers, and mental health care providers. This is the first step in the process. Working with my colleagues in the Pennsylvania House, I am eager to get to work on the 2026-27 budget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\n<i>Geoff Brace<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, Feb. 3\u00a0\u2013\u00a0State Rep. Mike Schlossberg offered the following statement in response to Gov. Josh Shapiro\u2019s 2026-27 state budget that he proposed today before a joint session of the Pennsylvania &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=147444\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Schlossberg applauds governor\u2019s proposed investments in schools, job creation, mental health care<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mike-Schlossberg-132.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/147445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}