PennLive's staff writers combed through the 2015-16 budget to assess the winners and losers in Gov. Tom Wolf's first state budget. Here's an early look at how key players would make out under the proposed budget, with links to PennLive stories offering more details:

WINNERS: Programs that in most cases, if the budget is passed, would receive an increase in funding.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS: A big winner. After years of reduced or stagnant funding, school district are seeing a budget plan that would increase funding for basic education by $400 million, to a record $6.1 billion.

Wolf is also proposing to increase special education funding by $100 million to nearly $1.15 billion, and spend $120 million more on early learning programs, for a total of nearly $256.5 million. He's also looking to restructure payments to cyber charter schools and save districts $160 million there.

HIGHER EDUCATION: Another big winner. Wolf is proposing to, over the next two years, restore the money that was cut from higher education under his predecessor. This year, that means $1.765 billion, a 9.9 percent increase, for higher education, with increases in funding for Penn State, the State System of Higher Education, community colleges and more.

ENVIRONMENT: The state Department of Environmental Protection would get an additional $7 million to plug abandoned wells, and another $5 million for oil and natural gas enforcement, which contribute to an overall increase in the department's budget of 3 percent.

STATE PARKS AND FORESTS: Wolf's budget includes a 2.4 percent increase, to $343 million, in funding for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which oversees Pennsylvania's 120 state parks and 2.2 million acres of forest land.

BUSINESS: Wolf is proposing major business tax reforms, highlighted by a cut in the corporate profits tax rate from 9.99 percent to 5.99 percent. He also plans to close some loopholes that he says allow some businesses to escape paying the tax, and is proposing $675 million in new bond-funded infrastructure, energy and technology investment programs designed to assist business expansions and relocations and help more end users take advantage of the natural gas produced here.

AGRICULTURE: Agriculture funding rises to $357 million, up from $341 million. The state Department of Agriculture includes programs to promote and develop farming, inspect products sold to consumers and regulate horse racing.

PUBLIC SAFETY: Pennsylvania state police and the state's prison system would see a modest increase under Wolf's budget, with a combined increase of about $220 million over last year. For state police, that means a budget of $240.5 million; the Department of Corrections budget will grow to $2.26 billion.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Wolf is adding $51.5 million to the legislature's budget, restoring a good chunk of the money that Gov. Tom Corbett cut from its budget with a line-item veto last year.

HEALTH CARE: Spending on health and human services, much of it funded by the federal government, will rise to $36 billion, up from $32.1 billion. Much of the money will go to expand services for seniors -- for example expanding services that help seniors stay in their homes -- and people with intellectual disabilities. Wolf also plans to undo Gov. Tom Corbett's version of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, which Wolf says will result in a savings of $500 million.

LOSERS

LIBRARIES: The budget for libraries stays relatively stable -- which is bad news for a system that has been struggling after years of budget cuts.

STATUS QUO

MUSEUMS: The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission would see a slight increase in funding under Gov. Tom Wolf's proposed 2015 state budget.

STATE WORKERS: After five years of downsizing, Wolf is looking to add 109 jobs (eliminating 81 through attrition in five agencies and adding 190 in 10 others), bringing the total workforce to 79, 857. It's not clear what kind of pay increases might be in store, with contracts for 16 state employee unions set to expire this year.

COURTS: The state courts system would be funded at the same levels as last year.

THE JURY IS STILL OUT

TAXPAYERS: Wolf's proposal would increase the state's personal income by 20 percent and boost the state's sales tax 10 percent and broaden it to apply to more items.

Those increases, for many Pennsylvanians, will be partially or fully offset by a projected six-fold increase in the amount of state funds available for school property tax cuts to homes and farms.

Who will win and who will lose depends on the individual's situation. Wolf's plan will likely work out best for homeowners with relatively modest incomes, and low- and moderate-income seniors in their own homes. As a family's income rises, more money will go to the state.