One day after the Pennsylvania House and Senate passed a $50 billion budget , Gov. Josh Shapiro echoed what many lawmakers said in Harrisburg: that this was a big compromise.

According to Gov. Shapiro, money is already flowing to schools and communities that have been waiting more than four months for funding.

"The dollars are being given out even today," Shapiro told KDKA.

Most lawmakers in Harrisburg agreed that there was a give-and-take with the budget, but it was still 135 days late. The governor is already working with leadership to speed up the process for next year.

"It's all about us meeting earlier," Shapiro said. "The leaders meeting earlier and lawmakers staying in Harrisburg until the job is done."

One of the compromises for the governor was not getting more funding for

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