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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) \u2014 Billions of dollars for Pennsylvania\u2019s public schools and social services could soon start flowing after four-plus months of delay, as lawmakers on Wednesday approved key elements of a roughly $50 billion spending plan to break the state\u2019s budget impasse.<\/p>\n

A concession to help seal the deal meant Democrats agreed to Republican demands to undo a regulation aimed at making Pennsylvania the only major fossil fuel-producing state<\/a> to force power plant owners to pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

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