Pennsylvania ? Legislators and the governor brokered a deal that ended the state budget impasse Monday night, and state workers will return to their jobs after nearly 24,000 people were sent home without pay.

State offices across the state were shuttered Monday on orders of Gov. Ed Rendell after a partisan deadlock held up the budget nine days into the new fiscal year.

The deal addresses some of Rendell’s health care and energy initiatives but will not impose the surcharge on electricity use the governor had sought.

Budget Secretary Michael Masch said the budget total was about $27.37 billion, close to what Democrats had proposed.