After 101 Days, PA Has a Budget

Philadelphia Inquirer
Mario F. Cattabiani

(October 9, 2009) -- With swipes of the pen that took only seconds, Gov. Rendell tonight signed into law a $27.8 billion state budget that was 101 days in the making.

With his "Edward G. Rendell" on the bills - one setting taxes, the other spending - the governor all but ends the nation's longest state budget impasse. More importantly, it will speed checks to counties, schools and social service agencies that have been financially strained while waiting 3 1/2 months for their normal state subsidies.

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