The $1.2 billion tax, fee and gaming package from the House remains the sticking point for senators. And it isn’t clear when the budget conference committee will meet again.
Senate leader says any plan for revitalizing Pimlico must limit the risk to taxpayers, and he refuses to consider eliminating a blue-ribbon panel that’s discussing transportation funding.
Key difference is a reliance by House Democrats on $1.3 billion in new tax and gaming revenues. Senate Democrats say combined corporate tax reporting and iGaming are ‘a hard no.’
Gaming expansion and toll bill action on Saturday is part of a $1.2 billion revenue package announced by House Democrats Friday.
House leaders education, transportation require funding solutions now, an approach the Senate continues to reject.
House and Senate disagree on approach to long-term budget deficits as higher-than-expected Medicaid enrollments erode cushion.
Gonzales poll finds Moore’s majority job approval remains consistent, strong support for increased penalties for crimes committed with stolen firearms, fentanyl distribution.
One-time infusion of cash leaves more than $3 billion in project cuts looming in the coming years.
Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld warns the brunt of more than $3 billion in cuts over six years would be felt if structural funding problems are not solved.
A blue-ribbon transportation panel will ask lawmakers to consider bolstering the state’s flagging Transportation Trust Fund by raising tolls and imposing new or increased…