Gov Rendell reached a deal with the Repub house yesterday to pass a budget for next year and end the short-lived state shutdown.

Rendell was successful in getting $900 million a year in new funds for mass transit and passed two of his health care measures.  His ‘Energy Independence Strategy’ will be pushed off until the Fall:

The two sides, however, could not come to terms on the more controversial aspects of Rendell’s energy-independence strategy. But in a compromise, legislators have agreed to hold a special session in the fall to deal with Rendell’s proposals, which include the expansion of alternative energy use.

I know it was a crazy time in Harrisburg over the last couple weeks and will look for report-backs from the enviro groups as they come.