Published July 01. 2016 05:19AM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania lawmakers are returning to work on the state's spending plan for the coming year, facing decisions about tax increases a day after they sent Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf the main budget bill.
The list of unfinished business as legislators resume session Friday includes companion bills to the general appropriations bill and a quest to locate more than $1 billion in new revenue to make it all balance.Wolf says he won't sign the $31 billion-plus budget without sustainable revenues to fund it. He has 10 days to decide what to do with the legislation.The main budget bill passed the state House on Thursday evening by a vote of 144 to 54. Forty-five Republicans and nine Democrats voted no.