Chester County and the rest of Pennsylvania continues to hold its breath as the state Capitol persists in its grueling overtime ground game with little hope for reaching the end zone quickly.

“I think a lot of it now, it’s not necessarily that you’re throwing a 50-yard pass and getting big items done,” House Majority Leader Dave Reed said in a Philly.com report. “Now it’s more two yards at a time.”

Gov. Tom Wolf and leading Republicans have affirmed their agreement to “boost school spending by $350 million and reform the state’s pension and liquor systems,” though no one else knows how. One idea is to broaden the reach of the state sales tax, though lawmakers stopped short of advocating a tax on food or clothing.

“The devil is in the details,” Bucks County Rep. Gene DiGirolamo said in the article. “And we haven’t gotten details.”

Meanwhile, the budget impasse has eclipsed five full months, prompting some groups to begin staging an uprising of sorts.

Nonprofits are rallying a coalition to press budgeting reform, and “the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania has been considering a lawsuit of its own to force the state to release funds to county governments during shutdowns,” the article stated. “Counties during the stalemate have fronted millions of dollars to perform state-mandated services, often burning through reserves or considering lines of credit.”

Read more about the current uncertain state of budget negotiations on Philly.com here, and check out previous VISTA Today coverage of the ongoing budget impasse here.