Next week’s hearing schedule is posted to the WSSDA web site, so please take a look at what’s coming up that you might be following. However, be advised that it has changed and will continue to change, so your best bet is to check the legislative web site.
Here’s a quick glance:
Budgets
House Ways & Means Chair Ross Hunter, D-Medina, had planned to have a 2011-13 spending plan on the streets next week. The bleak revenue forecast March 17 blew a hole in that strategy.
At the media event following the Thursday revenue announcement, Hunter said he needed to get the votes to bring a bill forward, and it sounds like they might be back to the drawing board on some items.
Reading the tea leaves, the earliest we might see an operating budget is probably Thursday, March 24, with the budget committee working Friday and Saturday to bring it forward for a vote on the House floor. It is also probable a proposal won’t be available until the following week. Stay tuned.
Read the full update.
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