Pennsylvania’s Cash Assistance Program Ends

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 state Commonwealth Court rejected an injunction request that would have kept it operating during a legal challenge.
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf opposed the program’s elimination and says his administration is trying to get the roughly 11,000 recipients help from other social s