POST-GAZETTE: -Senate Democrats want more money for education, health care and social services, and now they have a plan to get it.
They have identified $1.1 billion in new taxes and government efficiencies that could allow funding to be restored to schools, colleges, adultBasic health insurance and a mortgage foreclosure assistance program slashed in Gov. Tom Corbett’s $27.3 billion budget proposal…
“We need to push back against the governor’s budget,” said Sen. Vince Hughes of Philadelphia, the ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee. “He balanced the budget on the backs of working families and children.”… (more)
