Legislature works on Pennsylvania budget, expected to be finished today

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/06/legislature_works_on_pennsylva.html FROM PENNLIVE With a deadline hours away, the Pennsylvania Legislature is holding a rare weekend session in an effort to approve bills that are integral to the state budget. The issue of publicly funded, privately run charter schools is the source of at least two disagreements as lawmakers struggle to finish before the current budget expires at midnight. The state Senate approved the $27.7 billion state spending plan 32-17 Friday. The House passed the bill Thursday. Corbett is expected to sign it today once he receives the enabling bills that finance the spending plan.