Republican Lawmakers Push Budget-Related Legislation, Not Gov. Wolf’s Agenda

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – With strong tax collections oiling the gears, Gov. Tom Wolf and top lawmakers are working under the hood of a new spending plan as they head into the final weeks before lawmakers break for summer.
Front and center is an approximately $34 billion budget package that’s expected to pass before July 1.
Top Republican lawmakers are steering much of the work right now on budget-related legislation.
Meanwhile, the Democratic governor is pressing them to take up at lea