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Greetings House District 1!

After a grueling past few days, we’re now entering into the third week of the 2020 Budget Session. The majority of the past week was focused on introduction and debate on a roughly $3 billion budget for the 2021-2022 biennium.

This week, members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committee introduced their respective Budgets (House, HB 1, General Government Appropriations-2 and Senate, SF 1, General Government Appropriations) to their chambers. During second reading of the budget on Wednesday, legislators had the opportunity to offer amendments to the...