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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. ....
On Maui, the budget includes the addition of $6.1 million in general funds in FY24 and FY25 for the Maui Axis Deer program; $1.1 million in FY25 for six months of funding to support new housing at the Maui Community Correctional Center; and the addition of three permanent positions and $98,500 in FY24 and $200,250 in FY25 for UH Maui College’s health center. ....