With the Pennsylvania budget still mired in controversy, state House and Senate members have gone home for summer break and are expected back to work at the Capitol in Harrisburg in September, although they may be called back sooner.
Republicans are reeling from an unexpected budget move by Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro, in which he announced he will line-item veto a school choice plan that Mr. Shapiro himself proposed in his budget address and promised to Republicans during budget private negotiations at the governor’s mansion, Republican leaders say.