HARRISBURG (AP) — Republicans who control the Pennsylvania Senate agreed on Wednesday on a plan to close a $2 billion hole in the state budget with a mix of taxes and borrowing, including a new severance tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling and higher taxes on consumers’ utility bills. Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, of Centre, emerged from closed-door talks on Wednesday night to announce details of the GOP’s plan to help balance the $32 billion budget, include a proposal to borrow $1.3 billion against Pennsylvania’s annual share of the 1998 multistate settlement with ...