(WKBN) - Still no budget plan for the state of Pennsylvania. It's a political fight, with all of the impact on state residents.

The Pennsylvania state budget impasse has stretched over 100 days. It's led to financial pain, but Mercer County has found a way to handle it. Commissioner Bill Finley explained how.

"Now, fortunately, Mercer County is fairly financially stable, so we have some reserves that we're operating with," Finley said.

CYS Children and Youth Services gets state funds to operate. About $1 million in funding has been delayed from Harrisburg. Mercer County is using money from reserve funds to help it continue and avoid any furloughs.

"We had about seven months' worth of cash on hand to be able to operate without funding, but that's a significant amount of time,' Finley sa

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