State budget details emerge, state universities spared deep cuts sought by Corbett

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-budget-update-062612-20120626,0,4946975.story FROM THE MORNING CALL HARRISBURG —— Pennsylvania's four state-related universities and the 14 state-owned universities would likely receive the same amount of money as they did last year; public schools and public libraries would also be level-funded, but a program that provides cash assistance to nearly 70,000 of the state's neediest citizens would come to an end. That's according to an outline made public Tuesday of a $27.656 billion state budget for 2012-13. But broad swaths of the document, and not least of which was a controversial proposal to roll seven, existing county-run human services programs into a single block grant program, were still under negotiation on Tuesday. Issues also caught in the budget's orbit, such as school reform, were also still under negotiation. » The latest on traffic, delays and road construction delivered to your mobile phone. Text TRAFFIC to 52270! Message and data rates apply. Text STOP TRAFFIC to cancel, text HELP for help. Click for terms and conditions. Lawmakers and the Corbett administration have until midnight on Saturday to reach a final agreement.