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Josh Shapiro: “We went from the bottom of the pack on permitting to the top…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro Touts Recent Unemployment Compensation Improvements

Published | Video Starts at 35:04

Continuing invest in public education. We've hired 1500 more cops across Pennsylvania. I want to hire more. Violent crime is down 42% in our Commonwealth. We went from the bottom of the pack on permitting to the top of the pack. I want us to get even better. We just landed the largest economic development deal in the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and we're going to land more. (35:04–35:09)

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