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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The latest on Gov. Tom Wolf's budget proposal to the state Legislature for the 2016-17 fiscal year that begins July 1 (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Pennsylvania government is setting another modern state record for gridlock as Gov. Tom Wolf sends lawmakers a new spending plan — even as they keep fighting over billions in the current budget. On Tuesday, the first-term Democrat delivered a nearly $33.3 billion budget proposal to the Republican-controlled Legislature. That's a two-year, 14 percent increase. To make it balance, he'll need to persuade Republicans to pass a nearly $3 billion tax increase. In his budget address, Wolf is warning lawmakers that they need to recognize what he calls the "ticking time bomb" of the state's dire fiscal reality, or find another job. He says the tax increase is necessary to fix school funding disparities and a deficit, plus meet rising costs for pensions, prisons and health care. The governor's budget fight with GOP lawmakers is now seven months deep into the current fiscal year, without a full-year spending plan in place. ___ 3 a.m. Pennsylvania government will set a modern state record for gridlock when Gov. Tom Wolf sends lawmakers a new spending plan even as they fight over the current budget. On Tuesday, the first-term Democrat will deliver an approximately $32 billion plan to the Republican-controlled Legislature. He'll need to break Republican resistance to a $1 billion-plus tax increase. Wolf wants the money to close a long-term deficit and narrow funding gaps between wealthy and poor school districts. Meanwhile, billions of dollars for prisons, hospitals and schools are in limbo, and lawmakers are frustrated by the seven-month battle. In his budget address to lawmakers, Wolf will tell lawmakers that they must fully fund schools and fix the deficit, or they will force schools to close and local taxes to increase.

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