Gov. Wolf uses line-item veto on latest budget, releases emergency funding

 

CENTRAL PENN BUSINESS JOURNAL: Gov. Tom Wolf’s decision today to line-item veto the $30.3 billion state budget remains but a “step in the process” to a final resolution, said David Patti, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Business Council….

In total, Wolf released about $23.4 billion in funds on an emergency basis. He called on the Republican-led General Assembly to return to Harrisburg to finish the job on a budget compromise.

Those emergency funds will help school districts, human service agencies and counties that have been waiting on state aid…  (more)

 

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