The legislature continues to work on the operating budget. Diverse legislative priorities and less income from oil and gas are making it challenging to agree on a budget as a legislature this year. However, I will continue to work with my colleagues from all parties in the House, Senate and the governor’s office to come up with a compromise budget. This will be a deep dive to explain why it is so difficult to put together a budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Our budget is a mix of federal revenue (almost always designated for certain purposes), other state funds that can only be used for spe...
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