State Budget Woes and Contract Issues Risk Delaying Flight 93 Memorial Even Further

After years of debate and miscellaneous stumbling blocks, it looked like construction on the Flight 93 Memorial in rural Pennsylvania was finally going to get underway when a groundbreaking ceremony happened early last month. But now we’ve seen some movement in the state that could potentially disrupt whatever forward momentum had finally been built. First, Pennsylvania’s governor, Edward Rendell, has announced that, should an upcoming gambling bill not pass, the state would be forced to do some heavy trimming, including cutting jobs and closing things like parks and museums.