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.