Television monitors are set up around the Capitol building in Harrisburg for overflow viewing of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s second budget address.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Because the House chamber is closed for repairs from a water leak, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s second budget address before a joint session of the General Assembly on Tuesday took place in the Capitol rotunda, a space with less room for the roughly 300 legislators and guests.
Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his second budget address on the ornate grand staircase in the Capitol rotunda on Tuesday.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Under a 272-foot dome in the Capitol rotunda, before Shapiro makes his address on the grand staircase. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Television monitors are set up around the Capitol for overflow viewing of Gov. Shapiro’s budget address. There is only room in the rotunda for about 300 members of the General Assembly and guests to attend.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Philadelphia city council president Kenyatta Johnson are in the rotunda before Shapiro delivers his budget address. They both served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives earlier in their political careers.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
House Speaker Joanna McClinton calls the joint session of the legislature into session. At right is David Brogan, the House parliamentarian.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Gov. Josh Shapiro arrives to address the joint session of the General Assembly.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Gov. Shapiro points up, toward the dome of the Capitol rotunda. Edwin Austin Abbey painted four allegorical medallions around the base of the dome, detailing the "four forces of civilization": Art, Justice, Science, and Religion.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Gov. Josh Shapiro as delivers his second budget address Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 from the grand staircase in the Main Rotunda in the Capitol building in Harrisburg. It was a departure from the normal budget address made in the House chambers because the chambers are closed for repairs.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Shapiro’s second budget proposes significant increases to education and economic development, leaning heavily on Pennsylvania’s flush reserves to underwrite his plans.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his second budget address Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 in the Main Rotunda in the Capitol building in Harrisburg.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his second budget address Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 on the grand staircase in the Main Rotunda in the Capitol building in Harrisburg. It was a departure from the normal budget address made in the House chambers because the chambers are closed for repairs.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Guests watch from the balcony outside an entrance to the House of Representatives chambers . The rotunda was a departure from the normal budget address made in the House chambers because the chambers are closed for repairs.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Guests watch from a balcony .Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
A monitor on an upper balcony in the rotunda.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Republicans, including Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (second from left) remain seated, while Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (center) and House Speaker Joanna McClinton (second from high) stand and applaud.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Gov. Josh Shapiro and First Lady Lori Shapiro leave the rotunda after he delivered his budget address.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward gives the Republican response after Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered his budget address Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 at the Capitol in Harrisburg.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Increased security is evident in the Capitol building in Harrisburg Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 as Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his second budget address.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
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Since 1998, a black-and-white photo has appeared every Monday in staff photographer Tom Gralish’s “Scene Through the Lens” photo column in The Inquirer’s local news section. Here are the most recent, in color:
