Under Gov. Wolf’s Final Budget Proposal, DEP Would Receive a $5 Million Increase, 40 Staff Positions

By Rachel McDevitt | WITF

Published March 27, 2022 at 9:07 AM EDT

Governor Tom Wolf’s final budget proposal calls for a $5 million increase to the Department of Environmental Protection to hire new staff. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Rachel McDevitt reports.

Read the full story at: https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2022/03/23/dep-looks-to-add-40-staff-to-oversee-water-programs/

(Original air-date: 3/27/22)

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Rachel McDevitt | WITF

Rachel McDevitt is a reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania at WITF. Rachel joined WITF in 2017 as the host of All Things Considered. She previously reported for WITF’s Radio Pennsylvania Network, where her work earned the National Association of State Radio Network’s award for best feature two years in a row. The western Pennsylvania native started her journalism career with the CBS affiliate in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Rachel is a graduate of Temple University.

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