After nearly nine months, Pennsylvania’s state budget impasse ground to an end Wednesday, with Gov. Tom Wolf saying he would allow a Republican-crafted appropriations bill to become law without his signature.
Mr. Wolf, a Democrat, said he would not sign the bill because he believes the budget is not balanced, but that by releasing the approximately $6 billion in state funding without his signature, schools will be able to stay open through the end of the year. And he looked ahead, saying: “We need to move on (from 2015-16). We need to confront the real challenge we have in the (2016-17) budget.”
Read more at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2016/03/23/Pennsylvania-governor-relents-after-9-month-budget-impasse/stories/201603230184
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