Pennsylvania State Employees Face No Pay

WYSOX - Right now thousands of state workers, like these Penndot employees, are receiving partial paychecks.
But if Keystone state Democrats and Republicans can't figure out a budget by the end of the month, employees face no money at all.
Logan Kinch says if they don't get paid, Penndot is helping to get them money in other ways.
“Things are getting a little tight. They do have some things that we can get loans and stuff. Hopefully I don't have to use them”, said Kinch.
He says, some workers are saying they might not show up to work until a budget's passed.
“You have both ends of the spectrum. You have people who are dedicated and will be here. But you also have people who will get really mad, and who also need to get other work to supplement their income”, said Kinch.
Earlier this month, republican controlled state senate passed a budget that called for no tax increases.
But the democratically controlled house turned that budget down saying that not raising taxes could cost more than 4 thousand state employees their jobs.
Republican State Senator Gene Yaw, who represents Bradford County, says both the house and the senate will be working on a budget throughout next week.
“We agree with them they should get paid. The governor should be paying them. We are really not sure there is any restriction that they can't be paid”, said Yaw.
If the budget doesn't get passed by Friday, employees have been told they will get their missing pay retroactively.
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