Gov. Tom Wolf and lawmakers wrapped up a budget package this week. Here's what you need to know.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf and lawmakers wrapped up a budget package this week — nearly two weeks late — approving billions of dollars in new spending, tax breaks for businesses and substantial new sums for public schools to cap the eighth and final budget for the Democratic governor.
The plan leaves more than $8 billion in reserve for the future — perhaps necessary as demographic projections show a fast-growing retirement age population that will need costly services and a shrinking working age population that must pay for them.The budget includes about $1 billion more for public schools, or 11% more for instruction, special education and operations. That brings the total annual increase over Wolf’s eight years in office to almost $3 billion, or 41% more.
Republicans had pressed to restrict third-party funding for elections — a throwback to GOP complaints that nearly $25 million from the nonprofit Center for Tech and Civic Life was heavily tilted to Pennsylvania’s left-leaning counties in 2020′s presidential election.
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