Tax Reform, Government Agencies, State Budgets

Illinois Insights: An update from Cozen O'Connor (6/2)

Cozen O'Connor on 6/3/2025

Illinois Democrats pass budget in final minutes with sports betting tax hike- “Illinois lawmakers approved a $55.2 billion state budget package minutes ahead of a key constitutional deadline Saturday night, relying on tax...more

Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: House Passes Budget and New Helene Recovery Bill, Senate Confirms DIT Secretary

Brooks Pierce on 5/23/2025

House Passes Budget Bill - The NC House on Thursday passed the biennial budget bill (S 257) by a vote of 86 to 20. The vote was bipartisan with 25 Democrats joining 61 Republicans in supporting the bill. This action...more

Iowa General Assembly Adjourns Sine Die

Dentons on 5/20/2025

The first session of the 91st General Assembly of Iowa adjourned sine die just after 6 a.m. on May 15 after a full night of caucuses and debate. Slated for 110 days, the legislature extended 13 days beyond May 2 after...more

Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Senate Approves Budget Bill and Confirms Two More Secretaries

Brooks Pierce on 4/18/2025

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

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 22 - February 2025

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 2/25/2025

Lawmakers and lobbyists watching the Georgia State Senate on Monday saw a lot of green and red, but it wasn’t exactly Christmas. While some state agencies and contractors stand to see a few extra greenbacks in the Senate...more

Illinois Insights: An update from Cozen O'Connor (2/18)

Cozen O'Connor on 2/19/2025

“Gov. JB Pritzker will present his seventh budget proposal Wednesday as the state faces a projected $3.2 billion revenue shortfall for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1. Federal pandemic aid has all been allocated and the...more