Both chambers confirm closed-door meetings have occurred between top budget-writers and tax-policy leaders, although not as frequently as in previous years.
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“We need to deal with our budget as it is and gaming will not add to this budget next year at all, it’ll take a while for it to even begin to impact our budgetary situation in the state”. A temporary spending measure expires Friday. McCrory, a Republican, would be asked to sign the final budget into law.
“The enormity and complexity of issues that will still be remaining would make that a very challenging goal”, said Rep. Nelson Dollar, R-Wake, the House Appropriations Committee’s senior co-chairman. Current Department of Health and Human Services employees in the Medicaid division would be evaluated to determine if their position was essential, and if so would be given 5 percent salary increases if they chose to work in the new department. In turn they want to replace it with one in which outside networks or managed-care outfits that enter into contracts with the state get per-patient payments.
Senators also gave tentative approval 36-12 to the latest version of legislation to address McCrory’s request to expand some economic incentives to help in recruitment battles with other states to lure companies.
The Alabama Senate has been the most opposed to tax increases. McCrory threatened to veto the budget if it contained any such redistribution. “Somebody’s gotta to be fair to these counties and help”.
Senate Republican leaders made plain their displeasure with what’s inside a $2.86 billion bond package approved by the House last week.
“I don’t like taxes, But we find our backs against a wall and things are going to happen on October. 1 if we don’t fund a solution and those things are not going to be good for our state They are going to be irreparable”, Chambliss said.
Monday evening the Senate passed a $1.65 billion general fund budget that included severe cuts to state agencies and Medicaid.
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“We’re dealing with real people and real people’s lives”, Bentley told The Associated Press.
