Shapiro proposes investing in local health departments, studying Black maternal mortality, taxing cannabis

HARRISBURG — When Josh Shapiro pitched his first budget as Pennsylvania’s governor during a nearly hour-and-a-half speech in March, the Democrat didn’t say COVID-19 or coronavirus.

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