Members of the Pennsylvania Senate have voted to pass a nearly $34 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The budget’s key elements consist of no new taxes or fee increases, and new spending of nearly $600 million- including a $160 million increase in basic education and a $250 million deposit in the state’s “rainy day” savings fund.
The spending plan now moves to the governor’s desk for signature.
Pennsylvania’s new fiscal year begins July 1.
