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I’m Sammy Caiola, gun violence reporter for Chalkbeat Philadelphia.

Today, my colleague Carly Sitrin reports that PA Governor Josh Shapiro might wait until after the midterm elections to make a decision about a divisive Trump-backed federal scholarship tax credit program for schools.

What’s the tax credit program? Get caught up here.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is ‘very open’ to Trump’s education tax credit program

Pressure is mounting on the Democrat to decide whether to opt his state in or out of the federal scholarship program.

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