Pennsylvania’s state senate has returned to Harrisburg for a few fall session days. So far they’ve passed five individual bills while the state budget remains unfinished… and 71 days late.

There are rumblings that lawmakers could be called to Harrisburg in the next two weeks to pass a budget; but a final deal has yet to be announced.

"We continue to have back and forth conversations among, you know, House Democrats and Senate Republicans,” said Rep. Ryan Bizzarro, an Erie Democrat who is part of Democratic House leadership,

Bizzarro says nothing is set in stone; but recent conversations indicate skill game regulation is off the budget talk's table. Adult use cannabis has long been discarded in negotiations this year. Both policies could have generated new revenue for the state.

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