Avian Flu Relief Dollars Tied Up By Impasse Over Budget-Related Bills
(Lancaster, PA) -- A 31-million-dollar appropriation to help Pennsylvania's poultry industry recover from an avian flu epidemic can't be spent until enabling legislation is passed. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Agriculture says details of how the funds for Fiscal Year 2023-24 can be spent will be determined in legislative language that has not been finalized yet. Governor Shapiro has said the 31-million-dollar funding would help farmers play for testing flocks, and as well as reimbursing them for their losses.