(AP) — Highlights of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's spending plan for the 2016-17 budget year that starts July 1: — Raises taxes by nearly $3 billion on income, sales, natural gas drilling, insurance premiums, banks and tobacco. — Does not revive a $3.2 billion school property tax relief plan he proposed last year as part of an effort to shift burden of public school funding away from local school districts. Keeps rate at 6 percent, but eliminates exemptions on basic cable TV, movie theater tickets and digital downloads to raise $415 million. Extends a 40 percent wholesale tax to sales of cigars, loose tobacco, smokeless tobacco and electronic cigarettes to generate $136 million. Imposes a surcharge of 0.5 percent of premiums to fire, property and casualty insurance to generate $101 million. — Increases aid for public school operations and instruction by $565 million, a two-year increase of 10 percent to $6.3 billion. — Increases aid to higher education, including state system universities, state-related universities, student grants and community colleges, by 5 percent to $1.7 billion.

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