Fresh off his first budget proposal to a joint session of the state Legislature, Tom Wolf made his first official visit to Berks County as Pennsylvania governor.
Wolf took the message of historic investments in education he delivered in his address Tuesday to Hamburg Area High School on Wednesday.
The Democrat earlier toured the high-achieving STEM Academy in Downingtown, Chester County, where he questioned how Republican lawmakers can be so adamantly opposed to or critical of his proposed budget's elements.
Wolf said his plan addresses things that have been discussed for decades, namely cutting school property taxes and corporate taxes.
Rather, he said Republicans should go and talk to their constituents.
Democrats and education advocates applauded Wolf's plan to raise state taxes on income, sales and natural gas drilling to support more than $4 billion for education programs and corporate and property tax cuts.
Wolf said he's trying to make the tax system fairer, improve the business climate and help lower-income homeowners by expanding the state's role in funding schools to 50 percent.
WFMZ's Liz Kilmer is with the governor in Hamburg. She'll have a full report on 69 News at 5:30.
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