Gov. Josh Shapiro is expected to reuse ideas from his first two years in office that have yet to win enough support in the PA legislature.

Pennsylvania has a budget surplus, but is facing growing deficits, a slow-growing economy and a fast-growing retirement-age population that is costly to care for.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will deliver his third budget proposal to lawmakers next week, a plan that’s expected to seek substantially more aid for the poorest public schools, emphasize frugality and press the politically fraught topics of bailing out public transit and legalizing marijuana.