By Kate Huangpu and Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA

HARRISBURG — As another acrimonious week ends in Pennsylvania without a finished budget, Democrats and Republicans have dug in on conflicting positions around the session’s top issue: money for public transit.

GOP lawmakers who control the state Senate want to pull hundreds of millions of dollars from a special public transit fund to help SEPTA and other struggling agencies cover operating costs. Democrats say it’s unacceptable to touch money earmarked for capital projects. Instead, they want to divert sales tax money to pay for operations — something Republicans have dismissed outright.

A third option, one palatable to both sides, has yet to emerge. There is at least one other revenue option that could cover transit’s needs, but it has go

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