State Budget Now Complete for 2016-17
State Budget Now Complete for 2016-17
The General Assembly successfully avoided a prolonged budget impasse this year and completed the 2016-17 budget in a bipartisan fashion without asking taxpayers for more money from their paychecks.
The new budget invests $250 million more in PreK-12 education and $15 million to address the opioid crisis, in addition to more funding to shorten the waiting list for those with intellectual disabilities and to train three classes of state troopers.
Due to federal mandates and increased corrections and health care costs, the Commonwealth needed to raise more than $1.28 billion in new revenue to cover the cost of this year’s budget. That new revenue will be generated using a tax amnesty program to encourage delinquent taxpayers to pay their owed taxes, profits from the new wine privatization plan, proceeds from internet gaming, and revenue from cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
This package ensures that the Commonwealth will continue to meet its financial obligations while not passing the burden of higher broad-based sales and income taxes onto Pennsylvania families.
For more information on the final 2016-17 state budget, visit
RepPayne.com.
Register Today for My Annual Veterans Breakfast
In honor of the veterans of the 106th District who put their lives on the line to serve our country, I will be hosting my 2016 Veterans Breakfast on
Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, from
8-10 a.m. The breakfast will be held at Spring Garden Reception and Conference Center in Lower Swatara Township, located at
903 Spring Garden Drive, Middletown.
Space is limited and reservations for this event are required and can be made by contacting my Hershey office at (717) 534-1323,
no later than Monday, Oct. 24, 2016.
The breakfast will be complimentary to those in attendance and is limited to veterans, including active duty military, residing in the 106th Legislative District. Accommodations will be made for disabled veterans requiring the assistance of another person.
Each year, I look forward to this opportunity to personally thank our veterans for their sacrifice. I hope all area veterans who have served our country will consider joining me for my last Veterans Breakfast before I retire.