will be felled not through further borrowing but through finding, as ben touched on there, further efficiencies in government budgets. this solves two problems potentially, brings in a third problem. not borrowing more money, if that is not going to happen, great. he avoid some criticism from his party felt he could have avoided, projected the recommendations. one minister said he should do that because, we have no money. but the prime minister in recent months has used the independence of these organisations to distance himself from these complex decisions, slightly depoliticise this whole issue. it seems he wants to keep that situation as it has. finally, the problem this potentially creates, if this is the decision, where does he find the money in departmental budgets? one government source has told me this isjust budgets? one government source has told me this is just about re prioritising spending, but of
Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday she hasn’t ruled out vetoing any of the roughly 300 bills awaiting her signature and will also examine every line item in the several large
The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate has cleared its version of the state's operating budget along party lines with a nearly $86 billion price tag. The budget that passed the Senate Thursday tackles funding for universal school vouchers, income tax cuts and public assistance programs, among hundreds of other provisions. It's also stuffed with contentious policy changes not usually present in the spending blueprint. Republicans tout the budget as returning money to Ohio's citizens, but spending cuts to childcare, public education, food banks and affordable housing are prompting Democrats and advocates in those fields to deem the budget “heartless.”
CHICAGO (AP) Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the state's $50.4 billion budget for the next fiscal year into law Wednesday, hailing it for being balanced and what he called its “transformative investments” in early childhood, K-12 and higher education.