Gov. Wolf: 'Pennsylvanians are going to get hurt'
HARRISBURG — With the budget impasse now in its third month, Gov. Wolf on Tuesday warned that he will have to make painful cuts in the state budget at the end of next week, and that funding for roads, schools, and other essential services may be on the chopping block.
Next Friday, the governor said, the state will run out of options to pay for government services if the Republican-controlled House does not act on a plan to fund the $32 billion spending plan that became law this summer.
“There are some tough things that I’m going to have to do,” Wolf, a Democrat, said during a morning interview on KDKA-AM radio in Pittsburgh. “We’re talking about things that aren’t going to work in terms of roads and schools. Our children are going to get hurt by this. … volunteer fire companies around the state.”
Wolf’s comments came a few hours before a group of rank-and-file conservative House Republicans unveiled their own plan to balance the budget, largely by transferring money from 41 special funds that pay for things such as 911 centers, hazardous-site cleanup, transportation, and environmental projects.
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