HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers are hoping to start wrapping up the state budget just as Senate Republican leaders are talking about a potential deadlock. It's been a week since the annual spending plan was due to be completed when the state's fiscal year ended last Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward's spokeswoman says Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s push for greater education spending has become a problem and that discussions “are deteriorating.” Senate Republicans are calling the basic education funding increase that Wolf wants unrealistic, while Wolf's press secretary says he's not stuck on a hard number. Legislators had hoped to meet privately Thursday morning to go over details of a budget agreement.
Signs of trouble emerge in talks on late Pennsylvania budget
FILE - Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on April 4, 2022. Most Pennsylvania lawmakers were absent from the state Capitol on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, five days into the new budget year without a state government spending agreement in place.
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By The Associated PressJul 07, 2022Jul 07, 2022 09:44 AM
