Residents urged to prepare for possible flooding, strong winds in Pennsylvania

The order was issued Thursday and is effective immediately, according to a copy of a memo obtained by The Post-Gazette. Rather than learn from that mistake – and rest assured, it was a mistake – Wolf has now doubled down and vetoed the stopgap budget recently passed by the Legislature. That plan calls for $5 billion in tax increases over two years, including tax increases on income and sales, taxes on Marcellus Shale and smokeless tobacco. How is it possible state parks remain open at a time when services for our children remain unfunded? The disagreement between the Democratic governor and the Republican-dominated legislature has halted state payments to schools, however, as well as to many social service providers.

State agencies are now faced with the same cutbacks that nonprofits and schools have already made while waiting on a finalized state budget that is now more than three months late. Positions that are revenue generating or that collect revenue are also excluded from the ban.

A spokesman for Mr. Wolf said since the beginning of the budget impasse, Mr. Wolf has asked agencies to curtail spending and travel.

It ends with: “Thank you for your continued cooperation and support of the governor and the administration’s efforts to reach a budget agreement that best serves the needs of all Pennsylvanians”.