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Finance Committee approves revenue estimates, building a billion-dollar surplus into the two-year budget
The Finance Committee just voted 31-18 along party lines for the revenue estimates to help pay for the $40.2 billion budget that would take effect July 1. It includes a billion-dollar surplus built …
Finance Committee co-chair: tough time to raise the gas tax
Rep. Pat Widlitz, D-Guilford, co-chairwoman of the Finance Committee, said that legislative leaders axed the proposed 3-cents addition to the gasoline tax in the budget before the Senate today, …
On Earth Day, the House Approves Paint-Recycling Legislation, Effective March 1, 2013
Lawmakers usually can’t see past the next election. Still, the Blogster looks askance at a bill that just passed the House 141-0 that would require paint manufacturers to create a statewide recycling …