Wyoming State Capitol
Wyoming projected over a $1 billion in revenue losses due to COVID-19, but it turns out the state could be looking at close to $1.5 billion in new state and federal money.
The Legislature s Budget and Fiscal Administrator Don Richards told the Joint Appropriations Committee that in addition to $1 billion in federal American Rescue Plan money, the state will likely qualify for an additional $300 million in federal dollars to make up for revenue losses.
Richards added that the state s Consensus Revenue Estimating Group s (CREG) January revenue forecast for the state was pessimistic, meaning that the state’s revenue picture is much brighter.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on KwaZulu-Natal Legislature speaker, Nontembeko Boyce, to urgently investigate the ongoing absenteeism of several minority political party members within the provincial parliament.
DA in the KZN Legislature, Francois Rodgers, made the appeal on Tuesday during a Legislature Budget Sitting, in terms of Standing Rules 28 and 29. His call comes after smaller political parties have apparently avoided attending sittings, portfolio committee meetings and oversight inspections for several months now.
“The DA cannot accept that despite members of these parties being remunerated with salaries of more than R1 million per annum, they simply fail to pitch up,” Rodgers said.
Friday 21 May 2021 - 12:24pm
Sponsored
KWA ZULU-NATAL - We invite you to watch the Provincial Government Budget Votes on Thursday and Friday, 20 - 21 May 2021.
The administration will focus on various sectors that facilitate the growth and development of the KZN economy.
Followed by the final day on 4 June 2021 which will be streamed on eNCA.com
KZN Legislature Budget - The premieres report on Africa Day on progress and Plans by KZN Government towards building a better Africa and Better World.
Lawmakers cap session with $5.1 billion budget approval
STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press
FacebookTwitterEmail
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) South Dakota lawmakers put a cap on the state budget Thursday by boosting pay for teachers, state employees and community support providers, as well as sending millions of dollars to infrastructure projects and a college scholarship fund.
In one of their final acts of this year s legislative session, lawmakers passed a $5.1 billion budget that will take effect beginning in July. It included a 2.4% increase in salary funding for “the big three the nickname lawmakers have for teachers, state employees and employees of health care programs that depend on government funding.