Budget Hearings Begin With Gov. Tom Wolf’s Tax Plan Center Stage

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lawmakers kicked off budget hearings Tuesday as the Pennsylvania state government faces a multibillion-dollar revenue gap — a hangover from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — and Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to raise the state income tax takes center stage.
Democrats defended Wolf’s proposal, which is structured to shift the burden to higher earners, at the first House Appropriations Committee hearing, saying it would cut taxes for lower-income wo