For the second year in a row, rising pension and health care costs have pushed leaders of the Pennsylvania judiciary to request an additional $30 million in the annual budget, leaving an $8 million shortfall between the request and Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed budget.

The requested amount would represent a 17 percent increase in the judiciary’s budget in a two-year span. The budget is about 0.5 percent of the overall state budget.

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