Pennsylvania Governor Wolf says spending plan to become law

[July 11, 2016]    REUTERS/Charles Mostoller
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 (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said late on Sunday a bill to increase funding in the state will become law, about 24 hours before the 10-day period for him to veto the blueprint runs out.

File photo of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaking to reporters after an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller

Pennsylvania lawmakers passed the $31.6 billion spending plan on Thursday, a day before the deadline for the start of fiscal 2017.

The state will still not have a complete revenue plan to pay for the increased spending, so the legislature will have to keep working on the same.

(Reporting by Hilary Russ in New York and Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)

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