Human Services ‘Bridge’ Funding Bill Yesterday, in a very refreshing show of bi-partisan will, the House and Senate both approved legislation I introduced to send partial emergency funding to human services providers for FY16. I want to thank my colleagues in both Chambers and on both sides of the aisle for sending this to […]
FY 2015 Budget Fix
March 25, 2015 By
Yesterday, the House passed and sent to the Senate a set of Supplemental Appropriation bills which provide about $1.6 billion to fix problems in the FY15 state budget which jeopardized services such as childcare, elementary and secondary ed, mental health, court reporters and Department of Corrections funding. 80% ($1.35 billion) of this was achieved with […]