state budget

Dear Friends, After three days of debate, and more than 210 roll call votes, the House of Representatives approved the state budget this week and sent it to the Senate. The $23.9 billion budget was approved on Wednesday morning. About $6.9 billion of that amount is our true state budget, while most of the rest […]

Preparing, debating, and approving the state budget is the most important thing we do as legislators each year. I can’t understate how seriously my colleagues take this process. As conservatives, we begin with the premise that this is your money – not the government’s. We wish Congress began with the same attitude. The process began […]