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Analyzing the Legislature’s Budget for FY 2017
How did the Legislature balance the budget in the face of a sudden $750 million shortfall? The revenue decline did not all translate into budget ...
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A First Look at the Legislative Budget
The budget enacted by the Legislature today represents both compromises between the House and Senate proposals, and new solutions to address the challenges caused by ...
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Conference Preview: Differences Between the Senate and House Budgets for FY 2017
This Budget Monitor describes the funding and policy differences between the House and Senate in each major area of the budget, and provides links to ...
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Analyzing the Senate Ways & Means Budget for FY 2017
The Senate Ways and Means Committee described a goal of making "investments to build resilient children, families, and communities." That theme clearly informs the choices ...
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Analyzing the House FY 2017 Budget
The House Budget changes the overall budget picture very little, but proposes a few significant changes for the next budget year. The House changed the ...
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Analyzing the House Ways & Means Committee Budget for FY 2017
This Budget Monitor examines the House Ways and Means Committee's state budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2017. The HWM proposal is similar overall to the ...
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Proposed Low-Income Student Changes Would Have Varied Chapter 70 Impact
In this brief we describe three proposed changes to the treatment of low-income students in the Chapter 70 formula for FY 2017, analyze their combined ...
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Analyzing the Governor’s FY 2017 Budget
The Governor's budget proposal for FY 2017 is best described as an austerity budget. It contains small cuts and spending reductions across government and includes ...
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The Single Sales Factor Tax Break: Has It Worked?
The Governor's budget proposal will reportedly include the expansion of a corporate tax break called Single Sales Factor apportionment. This factsheet describes how this tax ...
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A Preview of the FY 2017 Budget
This preview provides an overview of both the specific challenges facing the Commonwealth this year and troubling longer-term trends that state budget writers face in ...
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