9-Month Pa. Budget Impasse Over

The $30 billion Republican budget will become law next week, ending a nine-month state budget impasse, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said at a Wednesday news conference in Harrisburg.

Wolf said he won't sign or veto the budget offered by Republicans, making it automatically become law next week. However, in doing so, the governor warned of a "massive structural deficit."

“I am going to allow the 2015-2016 budget to become law without my signature,” Wolf said. “This will allow for funding to go out to schools and other services in the short term, but we still face enormous problems that this budget does not even pretend to address."

In his reluctant move to allow the spending plan to be come law, Wolf continued to express disapproval of the budget.

“The math in this budget does not work," he said, noting next fiscal year will now begin with an additional $300 million deficit.

He implored state leaders to address the deficit, would could force school cuts, reduced funding to human services programs and increased property taxes.

"We must face this reality this year and balance our budget with real, sustainable revenues,” the governor said.

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