State House Approves Budget Bill

On Wednesday the State House passed a budget bill that spends $1.4 billion less than this years budget.  Cuts are spread across all areas of government.

The House did not take up budgets for schools, community colleges and universities, they are expected to debate and vote on the education budgets on Thursday.

The House Budget has several differences from the Senate Budget.  Both the Senate and House will reject each others budgets and send them to Conference Committee to reach an agreement.
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