Lawmakers and Gov. Josh Green had similar priorities this session, but to balance the next biennium’s budget, Green made 22 reductions in funding or vetoes. What’s left is $ 20.6 billion across fiscal years 2024 and 2025. HPR's Sabrina Bodon has more.
The governor plans to veto a proposal for a controversial first responder campus project. It's part of a list of items that were struck down from the state budget.
The change in the Council on Revenues general fund projections for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 went from +2% in March to –1% in May, which Gov. Green said, prompted the need to rebalance the state’s financial plan through line-item reductions to the budget.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted Thursday to approve the State Budget Bill, also known as House Bill 300. Highlights of the budget document are posted HERE.