Arizona lawmakers approve bipartisan $18 billion budget
2 years, 6 months ago

Arizona lawmakers approve bipartisan $18 billion budget

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s legislature approved a bipartisan $18 billion spending plan early Thursday that will make substantial investments in public schools, build new highways and pay down long-term debts. The budget also makes a $1.1 billion deposit into the pension fund for public safety and corrections officers, paying off the state’s unfunded liability for future retirement benefits. “With this budget, we’re putting those dollars to good use and investing in priorities that Republicans and Democrats alike can agree on.” Republican leaders had struggled for months to craft a spending plan that could find unanimous support in the fractious GOP caucuses without relying on Democrats. GOP leaders “decided to just take the easy road out, the path of least resistance and give up and just spend,” said Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, a Scottsdale Republican who voted against the budget.

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California Legislature approves budget that slashes spending to address $46.8 billion deficit
5 months, 4 weeks ago

California Legislature approves budget that slashes spending to address $46.8 billion deficit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers approved a budget on Wednesday that slashes spending and temporarily raises taxes on some businesses to close an estimated $46.8 billion budget deficit. The budget includes an agreement that Newsom and lawmakers will try to change the state constitution in the coming years to allow California to put more money in reserve to prepare for …

Arizona lawmakers pass budget closing $1.4 billion deficit
6 months, 1 week ago

Arizona lawmakers pass budget closing $1.4 billion deficit

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers approved a bipartisan budget deal Saturday that erases a $1.4 billion shortfall by curbing spending on higher education, trimming funding for state agencies and raiding a host of special funds. I’m thankful for members of the legislature who came together, compromised, and passed this bipartisan agreement.” The budget retrenchment marks an extraordinary turnabout from just a …

Pennsylvania to begin new fiscal year without budget plan in place
1 year, 5 months ago

Pennsylvania to begin new fiscal year without budget plan in place

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s Senate passed spending legislation hours ahead of Saturday’s start of a new fiscal year, but they lacked agreement with the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives to keep state government’s full spending authority intact. The main budget bill in the Senate GOP’s $45 billion spending plan passed 29-21, a couple hours after it emerged Friday. …

Growing budget fight in divided Legislature could test Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor
1 year, 6 months ago

Growing budget fight in divided Legislature could test Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania state lawmakers returned to session Monday for a weekslong slog to the budget deadline, as House Democrats advanced a spending plan that could test whether Gov. Within hours, House Democrats unveiled and passed a spending plan that goes well beyond what Shapiro requested for the year starting July 1, insisting on more money for public schools …

'It’s an insult': Arizona's governor vetoes the GOP’s ‘do-nothing’ budget proposal
1 year, 10 months ago

'It’s an insult': Arizona's governor vetoes the GOP’s ‘do-nothing’ budget proposal

Raw Story  

Katie Hobbs vetoed the Republican “skinny budget” spending package on Thursday, sharply rebuking GOP legislative leaders in the process. Legislative Democrats all opposed the “skinny budget” and Hobbs’ office explicitly said last month that the bills would be vetoed. Sen. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, who has been in Arizona Senate promotional videos promoting the GOP “skinny budget,” was among those …

Arizona lawmakers begin hearings on state budget plan
2 years, 6 months ago

Arizona lawmakers begin hearings on state budget plan

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature began hearings Tuesday on a long-delayed state budget plan that was immediately panned by some Democrats and public school advocates for failing to use a huge surplus to significantly boost school funding. Critics call the plan’s new school funding miserly, especially when the state is sitting on a unprecedented $5.3 billion surplus even with …

Cash-flush Arizona lawmakers seek options to budget impasse
2 years, 8 months ago

Cash-flush Arizona lawmakers seek options to budget impasse

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona is flush with cash but lawmakers are weeks into an impasse over the coming year’s state budget and now looking at unusual solutions to try to break the logjam. Republicans who hold just one-vote majorities in both the Senate and House began openly talking about enacting a “continuation budget,” that funds government at only the current year’s …

House GOP unveils budget bill ahead of governor’s speech
2 years, 11 months ago

House GOP unveils budget bill ahead of governor’s speech

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky House Republicans unveiled a two-year state budget plan Friday that includes increased education spending and pay raises for state employees, deciding not to wait to hear the Democratic governor’s proposals in his budget speech planned next week. “This is not good government; in fact, it’s barely government at all.” The GOP spending blueprint does reflect some …

Education tax measure certified for November Arizona ballot
4 years, 4 months ago

Education tax measure certified for November Arizona ballot

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s Secretary of State has certified that a voter initiative that would boost taxes on high-earning Arizonans to increase school funding will be on the November ballot. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs announced Friday that a sample of petition sheets sent to county recorders came back with enough verified signatures for the Invest in Education Act to qualify …

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