Wolf give his budget address, Toomey will face a tough re-election race and Foradora throws his hat in the ring for State Supreme Court. Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz!

PA-Gov: Wolf Delivers First Budget Address: The new Governor gave his first speech to the State Legislature today.

PA-Sen: Sabato Ranks Toomey In Top Three Endangered Republicans: The Pennsylvania Senator’s re-election will be one of the most hotly contested races of 2016.

Judge Foradora Announces Supreme Court Candidacy: The President Judge of Jefferson County touts himself as the choice for rural Pennsylvania.

Reader Poll: Do You Approve of Wolf’s Removal of SRC Chair?: What do you think of the Governor’s action?

Reader Poll: PA Judges Should be Appointed: Our readers believe the state’s judges should be appointed rather than elected.

Statewide
Roll Call: Pat Toomey Is a Strong Candidate. Will That Be Enough in 2016?
PLSReporter: Democrats swoon over Gov. Wolf’s proposed budget
PLSReporter: Gov. Wolf proposed $29.9 billion budget includes $4.6 billion in new revenue sources
PLSReporter: WATCH: Education briefing with Sec. Rivera
PLSReporter: WATCH: DCNR budget briefing with Sec. Adams Dunn
PLSReporter: WATCH: DEP budget briefing with Sec. Quigley
PLSReporter: Republicans call Gov. Wolf’s budget a shell game
PA Independent: GOP lawmakers again trying to limit state spending
PA Independent: Poll: Support for Pennsylvania gas tax focuses on jobs
State House Sound Bites: Wolf’s budget proposes broad-based tax hikes
State House Sound Bites: Wolf’s budget includes pension borrowing
StateImpactPA: Wolf’s budget plan calls for new tax on natural gas industry
StateImpactPA: Wolf budget includes $100K for Marcellus Shale health registry
Capitolwire: Wolf proposes borrowing $675M for clean energy, biz development programs
Capitolwire: Wolf proposes $33.8 billion budget, higher taxes, increased spending, property tax cut
Capitolwire: Wolf’s budget contains nearly $4.7 billion in new tax revenue, with PIT, sales tax hikes leading the way
Capitolwire: Legislative GOP says pensions before taxes; Wolf proposes controversial pension borrowing
Capitolwire: Wolf proposes $1 billion to fix an ‘education deficit’ Republicans don’t believe exists

Philadelphia
Inquirer: Dem Fund-Raiser Pleads Guilty in Court Corruption Probe
Inquirer: Nelson Diaz Touts Progressive Stance for Millennial Votes
Inquirer: Wolf’s $30B Budget: Blueprint or Dead on Revival?
Inquirer: Wolf Calls on State Colleges to Freeze Tuition
Inquirer: School Officials Ecstatic Over Wolf Budget
Inquirer: Wolf: Cut Pa. Corporate Tax Rate, Close Loopholes
Philly.com: Five Things to Know About Gov. Tom Wolf’s First Budget
WHYY Newsworks: Wolf’s $29.9 Billion Budget Proposes Broad-Based Pa. Tax Hikes
WHYY Newsworks: Dissecting Wolf’s $33 Billion Plan for Pennsylvania
Business Journal: Read Tom Wolf’s Full Budget Address
Business Journal: Wolf’s Budget Address Causes Cheers, Sneers from Business Community

SEPA
Pottstown Mercury: Area State Legislators Offer Mixed Response to Wolf Budget Address
Pottstown Mercury: Berks County Commissioner Leinbach Launches Reelection Bid
Pottstown Mercury: Wolf Seeks $4B in Higher Taxes for Schools, Tax Revamp
Bucks Courier-Times: Tax Calculator for Gov. Wolf’s Proposed Income Tax Increase
Bucks Courier-Times: Bucks County Could Dole Out $665K for Housing, Town Halls
Delco Daily Times: Key Things You Need to Know About Gov. Wolf’s Budget Plan
Ambler Gazette: Amber Mayor Jeanne Sorg Celebrates Read Across America at Lower Gwynedd Elementary School
Perkasie News-Herald: Pennridge School Board Approves Bids for Helman Field Project
Bucks Local News: Pa. Senate Prepares to Debate Virtues of House’s Liquor Privatization Bill
Bucks Local News: Bill That Would Reform Wine and Liquor Sales in Pennsylvania Clears House; Bucks County Delegation Split on the Measure
Bucks Local News: 5 Things to Know from Medical Marijuana Hearing in Harrisburg
Daily Local News: Fewer Homeless Found in Chester County Annual Count
Daily Local News: Rep. Lewis to Host Open of Downingtown Office

Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Business Journal: Wolf Calls for 3 Percent Spending Increase
Pittsburgh Business Journal: Educators Cheer Wolf’s Budget That Adds $1B to Education
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Democrats Scramble to Defend Hillary Clinton Over Email Flap
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Hillary Clinton May Have Broken Federal Record-Keeping Laws, New York Times Reports
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Gov. Wolf’s Budget Plan Focuses on Pennsylvania’s Middle Class, Education
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Israeli Prime Minister Assails Iran Nuclear Talks in Speech to Congress (AP)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Solar Jobs in Pennsylvania Lag Behind National Figures
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Wolf Wants Pennsylvania Income, Sales Tax Increase
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Mars Area School District Officials Conducting Emergency Drill Friday
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A Croatia-to-Pittsburgh wine odyssey

Southwest
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Congress Sends Homeland Security Bill to Obama Without Conditions
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Wolf Plan ‘A Starting Point’: Local Leaders Split on Government Budget
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Pa. High Court Takes Up Gov. Wolf’s Death Penalty Moratorium
Altoona Mirror: Dems Call Wolf’s Budget ‘Ambitious’
Altoona Mirror: Judge Denies Withdrawal of Piner’s Guilty Pleas
Observer-Reporter: Speaker Draws Comparisons Between Ecuador, SW Pa.
Observer-Reporter: Equipment Worth $25K Stolen From Webster Bridge Demo Site
Observer-Reporter: State Department of Health Working to Reopen Closed Community Centers
Observer-Reporter: Republicans Object to Tax Increase in Wolf’s Budget Plan

NEPA
The Times Leader: See Who Most Recently Filed Nomination Petitions for the May 19 Primary
The Times Leader: Luzerne County Tax Breaks for Ex-Controller Walter Griffith Raise Questions
The Times Leader: Northeastern Pennsylvania Legislators Comment on Wolf’s Proposed Budget Plan
The Times Leader: Wolf Seeks Billions in Higher Taxes for Schools, Tax Revamp
The Times Leader: Gov. Wolf’s Prepared Remarks on Proposed 2015-16 Budget
Pocono Record: Stroud Township Cancels Supervisors Meeting
News Item: Bill Banning Community Service Gift Card Program Passes Senate
News Item: Coal Township Man Puts Bid In for Commissioner
News Item: Same Street, Different Taxes: Shamokin Resident to Pay Hundred More Than Coal Twp. Neighbors

South Central
YDR: York County School Officials Cautious about Wolf’s Education Budget Proposal
Patriot News: 40 Years of PA Budgets
Patriot News: College Students Come out Winners in Wolf’s Budget
Patriot News: Cigar Tax Included in 2015 Pennsylvania Budget
Patriot News: Five Things you may have Missed Watching Wolf’s Budget Address on TV
Patriot News: Did Wolf Propose Full Funding for Harrisburg Emergency Services?
Patriot News: Will the Swatara Township Wards Stay or Go?
Patriot News: Here’s what Midstate Residents think of Wolf’s Budget
Patriot News: Budget Reaction: ‘You just don’t like to see a Tax Increase’
Patriot News: Wolf’s Budget Rides on Increases and Cuts in Personal Taxes
Patriot News: Museums would see Small Uptick in Spending under Wolf’s Budget
Patriot News: Wolf’s Budget: What it could mean for your School District
Patriot News: Harrisburg Residents Freed from School Property Taxes in Wolf’s Budget Plan
Patriot News: Wolf’s Proposed Tax Increases are Top Concern for Central PA’s Lawmakers
Patriot News: Wolf’s Budget: Closed Health Centers Addressed
Patriot News: AG Programs in Line for More Money Under Wolf’s Budget
Patriot News: Wolf’s Budget: Winners and Losers

Lehigh Valley
Morning Call: Education Big Winner in Wolf’s Budget
Morning Call: AP: PA High Court to Rule on Death Penalty Moratorium
Morning Call: AP: Wolf Seeks Cigarette Tax
Morning Call: Wolf’s Budget Raises Income and Sales Taxes, Offers Property Tax Relief
Morning Call: Items and Services Newly Taxable Under Wolf’s Sales Tax Proposal
Morning Call: Judge Denies Kane’s Request to Skip Preliminary Hearing in Risoldi Fraud Case
Reading Eagle: Klinger Gains Starring Role in Wolf’s Budget Address
Reading Eagle: Wolf Slated to Appear in Hamburg Wednesday
Reading Eagle: Budget: More Money for State Prisons
Reading Eagle: Budget: State Police would get More Aid
Reading Eagle: Budget: A Natural Gas Tax and more Money for Environmental Protection

North by Northwest
Sun Gazette: Mayor Vilello Resigns to Join Wolf Administration
Sun Gazette: AP: Wolf Seeks Billions in Higher Taxes for Schools, Tax Revamp
Erie Times-News: Former Sinnott Aide Whaley Seeks City Council Seat
Centre Daily-Times: State Legislators to Recognize THON

Opinion
Morning Call: SPock Cast Giant Shadow
Inquirer: Disrespect for the SRC
Daily News: Wolf’s Mysterious Message
Bucks Courier-Times: Big Donations Buy Big Favors
Patriot News: Here’s One Way to Attract the Best and Brightest to the US and Keep them Here
Patriot News: For Wolf, Changing the Tone in Harrisburg won’t be as Easy as he Thinks
Intelligencer: Penn State Fine in Sandusky Matter Rightly will be Used to Help Child Sexual Abuse Victims
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: ObamaCare in Court
Observer-Reporter: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join Somebody Else

Blogs
Keystone Crossroads: Auditor General roadshow: nonprofits, tax exemption, and the state constitution
Keystone Crossroads: Wolf’s first budget proposal could boost recovery, expand support for cities
PA Budget and Policy Center: Environment Is A Winner In Wolf’s Budget
Citizens’ Call: Republicans to Take On Uphill Battle in Cheltenham
Citified: The Brief: Wolf Primed To Blow the House (and Senate) Down?
Citified: The Citified Q&A: Nelson Diaz Frames Himself as a Progressive Reformer
Citified: Philly Is One of the Most Car-Free Cities in the U.S.
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Dent With Netanyahu: Never Again!
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Northampton County: Who’s Running So Far?