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PA. Senate Reps Propose Reducing Some Budget Cutbacks, Corbett is Not Happy about it
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/05/senate_republicans_seek_to_res.htmlGood article about the current budget situation, which needs to be resolved in the next 6 weeks. The Senate Republicans are proposing to cancel cutbacks to public universities and effectively to even out funding for public schools. Human service cutbacks would not be as severe. This is possible because the state budget deficit was not nearly as bad as Corbett had predicted.
The article describes how the Corbett administration is not happy - Corbett has said he didn't want any increase in his total budget, regardless of the state's revenues.
It helps that some of the most powerful Senate Republicans have state universities and/or poor school districts in their districts. The State House is much more controlled by teabaggers and it is unknown what they will do.
Democrats are typically shut out of the discussions and for the first time they are allowed to see a final budget a day or two before the vote.