After losing his fight in Commonwealth Court, the Allentown native is asking the state's high court to intervene in his dispute with Senate Republicans that could possibly end with him going to jail.

Pennsylvania Revenue Secretary Pat Browne asked a court to urgently intervene Wednesday after the state Senate threatened him with jail if he refused to divulge data on a tax-funded Allentown redevelopment program in Browne’s former Senate district.

Revenue Secretary Pat Browne appears to be compelled to come before the Senate to explain his refusal to provide tax data about the Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone.