Months of closed-door negotiations have produced at least a tentative agreement surrounding a long-overdue 2025-26 state budget, and there were indications Tuesday that votes on budget bills might take place this week.

The state House, which previously had not been scheduled to return until Monday, was scheduled to go into voting session on Wednesday morning. Sources said senators were preparing to return to Harrisburg, and Sen. Jarrett Coleman — a Lehigh County Republican who is not in leadership but chairs a committee — said Republicans who control the chamber expect to meet behind closed doors as a caucus Tuesday afternoon.

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