Budget Brinkmanship Leaves Last-Minute Bills In Doubt

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s Legislature are inserting some pet policy objectives into hundreds of pages of just-unveiled legislation with the annual budget deadline days away.
That’s forcing Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf into hard choices.
Measures advancing Thursday include a $34 billion budget package and policy changes for elections, schools, and human services.
One GOP-backed provision could make Wolf decide between eliminating a cash assistance