HARRISBURG, Pa. - Legislators and the governor brokered a deal that ended the state budget impasse Monday night, and state workers will return to the job after nearly 24,000 people were sent home without pay.
Scores of state parks, state-run museums and driver-license offices around the state were shuttered Monday on orders of Gov. Ed Rendell after a partisan deadlock held up the budget nine days into the new fiscal year.
"This is an agreement where all sides can say that they achieved some of their goals, and that's probably a good budget agreement," Rendell said, declaring himself "very satisfied with where we came out."
The deal addresses some of Rendell's …
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