Pa. preps short-term budget amid virus uncertainty
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state government is preparing a temporary no-new-taxes budget plan that maintains current spending levels while budget makers watch to see how badly tax collections are damaged by coronavirus-related shutdowns and whether the federal government sends another aid package to states.
Officials in the House and Senate Republican majorities said Tuesday that they expected to wrap up votes on a roughly $25 billion package this week.
The spending legislation has yet to be unveiled, and is expected to be accompanied by legislation that distributes approximately $2 billion in federal coronavirus emergency aid to nursing homes, agricultural programs, counties and more.
