Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 contains cuts and has no increase over the current $27.1 billion spending plan.
You wouldn’t know that if you listened to or read his speech. Not once did the Republican governor mention the bottom line. The numbers he did mention didn’t tell us anything about which departments were getting cut and by how much.
State Sen. Judy Schwank, a Ruscombmanor Township Democrat who represents Reading and most of eastern Berks County, was chosen by the Senate Democrats to prepare their official response, no easy task considering the lack of details. >>Read more…