PENN DOT COULD LAY OFF THOUSANDS

Thousands of PennDOT construction employees received a note on Wednesday that stated they could be laid off as early as next week, due to the newly approved state budget. PennDOT has a five to six-hundred-million-dollar shortfall, and they need state legislative approval to get that funding. Without it, they could potentially lay off 5 to 10,000 employees, and will be halting some road construction projects statewide.