June 20, 2012

Framework For $27.656 Billion Budget Reached

John Micek, Allentown Morning Call, reported tonight Gov. Tom Corbett and legislative Republicans said Wednesday that they’d arrived at a “framework” for a $27.656 billion state budget for 2012-13 that adds money to some state programs that had originally been targeted for cuts.
           The spending plan’s bottom line is a  roughly $500 million increase from the $27.14 billion budget that Corbett presented to lawmakers in February.  Click Here for full story.