Radio Smart Talk for Wednesday, June 29:

By the time Radio Smart Talk comes on the air Wednesday morning, we may have a better idea of what Pennsylvania's 2011-2012 fiscal year budget will look like.  For now, we know that lawmakers have been working on a $27.15 billion spending plan that doesn't include any new taxes.  One of the big questions though will be whether an impact fee on natural gas drillers will be approved by the legislature at the same time a budget is enacted.  Gov. Tom Corbett says he'll veto an impact fee because he wants to hear the recommendations of his Marcellus Shale Advisory Committee in a few weeks first.  Proposed impact fees would help offset expenses incurred by commmunities near where gas is being drilled.

John Micek, the Capitol reporter for the Allentown Morning Call, will appear on the program and can provide information on whether Gov. Corbett's proposed cuts in K-12 education and higher education survived and how a $500 million budget surplus will be spent, if at all.

Read John Micek's Capitol Ideas Blog:

http://blogs.mcall.com/capitol_ideas/

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