$11B budget package passes Pennsylvania Legislature
“We should take no pleasure in MacGyvering a state budget by stealing funds that were meant for coronavirus relief,” said state Sen. Tim Kearney.
“We should take no pleasure in MacGyvering a state budget by stealing funds that were meant for coronavirus relief,” said state Sen. Tim Kearney.
Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, earlier this fall asked the Republican-controlled Legislature for another $10 billion in spending to round out the fiscal year. That was after lawmakers approved a piecemeal, no-new-taxes $25.8 billion budget in May.
As state lawmakers prepare to discuss the latest proposed state budget, an expert group predicts the commonwealth won’t have enough tax money to fully fund it.
Gov. Tom Wolf has asked the Republican-controlled Legislature for another nearly $10 billion in spending to round out the fiscal year.
The focus of Wolf’s fall agenda appears to be figuring out how to spend what’s left of the $1.3 billion in federal CARES Act money in Pa.’s treasury.