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Senate Budget bill - The North Carolina Senate on Thursday approved its version of the 2025 Appropriations Act by a vote of 30 to 15. Four Democrats joined twenty-six Republicans in supporting the bill. Fourteen Democrats...more
Like air out of a balloon, the Georgia General Assembly concluded its 2025 Legislative Session on Friday with an exasperated but exhausted "PFFFFffffT." While many lawmakers and lobbyists floated through the halls during the...more
On February 1, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul released her Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget and accompanying legislation (the Budget Bill). The Budget Bill includes several tax rate adjustments and technical fixes to...more
The Coronavirus pandemic was the focal point of legislative activity this year, as lawmakers prioritized measures designed to protect public health and reduce the economic impact of the virus. COVID-19 also had a significant...more
With the Iowa Caucus nearly upon us, the Iowa Legislature continued an impressive pace in week three of the 2020 legislative session. 213 bills and resolutions were introduced this week, which brings the total number of bills...more
The second week of the legislative session was a short week as the legislature observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 20. Nonetheless, the legislature made up for lost time by doubling down on subcommittee...more
With the start of a new decade, our team wants to share an overview of the past year and a look ahead to the coming months. Please find here a review of relevant legislation that the General Assembly passed in 2019, a summary...more
As the budget stalemate nears its second month, new budget proposals emerged from the General Assembly. The next few weeks could see attempts at piecemeal budgets and tax rebates. In other news, high profile and controversial...more
In the absence of an enacted budget for fiscal year 2019-2020, Legislators passed a number of bills appropriating money for various purposes this week. They also acted on bills on other topics....more
The week at the General Assembly ended without a budget veto override or compromise on the budget. Legislators considered bills on a variety of other topics....more
Legislators in both chambers considered many bills this week as House budget writers negotiated behind closed doors. Budget Bill - After recently concluding Appropriations subcommittee meetings, House members are...more
Dozens of bills were filed this week as the Senate faced its bill introduction deadline. The House announced that it will publish a budget plan within the next two weeks....more
This week the General Assembly worked through the final bills of the session as the chambers prepared for adjournment of the 2017 long session....more
The 2016 New Mexico Legislature convened on January 19 and adjourned on February 18. This legislative session was limited by the New Mexico Constitution to “budgets, appropriations and revenue bills; bills drawn pursuant to a...more