State budget unresolved as deadline looms

Seven days and counting. That's how much time remains for General Assembly leaders and Gov. Ed Rendell to reach an agreement before the deadline for a new $28 billion or so budget for fiscal 2008-09, which begins at 12:01 a.m. next Tuesday. If there is no deal, 25,000 state workers may be temporarily furloughed without pay, and state parks, libraries and driver's license centers would be shut down. Read More