WINNERS
Education -- $200 million in new or increased funding for pre-kindergarten, full-day kindergarten and high school laptop computers
Roads and bridges -- $450 million for 2007-08 and more in succeeding years
Mass transit -- $300 million in 2007-08 and more in succeeding years
Turnpike Commission -- defeated effort to lease turnpike to private firm and will double its authority once tolls are added to I-80 in 2010
Penguins and other arena tenants -- slots fund created to help finance new Pittsburgh arena and expand Philadelphia convention center
Nurse practitioners/dental hygenists/midwives -- getting expanded medical authority
LOSERS
Jonas Salk Legacy Fund -- action postponed until fall on proposed fund for building biomedical labs
Proposed "energy tax" of $5.40 a year is dead and action postponed until fall on governor's energy conservation proposal
Proposed tax on oil company profits that might have raised gasoline prices is dead
Higher cigarette tax and new tax on cigars and smokeless tobacco has been indefinitely postponed
Proposed 3 percent payroll tax on firms that don't offer health insurance, which was put off until fall
Higher waste disposal fees not implemented
