The Appropriations budget will then go to the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, which is expected to finalize proposals for taxes, borrowing and other revenues for the two-year period; that decision is expected to come as early as tomorrow.
The differences between the legislature”™s and the governor”™s plans lie mainly in the areas of municipal aid, hospitals, social services, and state-funded pensions.
The General Assembly and the governor will then have five weeks to negotiate the budget”™s fine points before the legislature”™s scheduled June 5 adjournment.
In the meantime, nearly 1,000 other bills are still unresolved, including those dealing with the return of electronic tolls to state highways and the legalization of recreational marijuana.