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21 results for “state legislature”
Governor J. Kevin Stitt submitted the FY 2025 Executive Budget to the Oklahoma Legislature on February 5, 2024, outlining a budget structured around four priorities: defend the taxpayer dollar, protect Oklahomans, modernize government, and promote Oklahoma. The Governor emphasized fiscal conservatism and directed state government to enact flat budgets while streamlining operations to deliver cost-effective services. Oklahoma's gross receipts to the state treasury reached nearly $17.0 billion in calendar year 2023, just beneath the prior year's all-time high of $17.4 billion, reflecting continued economic strength supported by diversified industries and net migration gains.
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Oklahoma Governor J. Kevin Stitt submitted the FY 2027 Executive Budget to the 60th Oklahoma Legislature on February 2, 2026, emphasizing stable state revenue and savings exceeding $2 billion. The budget prioritizes flat budgets to limit government growth, smart reforms for vulnerable populations, and year-over-year budget balance. Governor Stitt is calling for establishment of a Taxpayer Endowment Fund to invest state savings and reduce future tax reliance. The administration reports generating $1.8 billion in annual taxpayer savings through income and grocery tax cuts while maintaining core government operations.
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The Greater Houston Partnership, representing the 12-county Houston business community, wrote to the Texas State Legislature on February 14, 2023, to request state funding for improvements to the Lake Houston dam. The letter explains that the 1953-built dam was overwhelmed during Hurricane Harvey and that the City of Houston has already utilized $48 million in federal funds to begin planning and phase one of the project, which includes adding 11 new tainter gates to increase water discharge capacity and reduce flooding risk for over 5,000 structures. The Partnership asks for additional state appropriations to cover the total project costs beyond existing federal funding allocations.
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This document excerpts the Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act, a New Jersey law (originally enacted in 1975 and amended in 2006) that establishes the public's right to attend and observe meetings of public bodies. The Legislature declares that public transparency is vital to democratic functioning and establishes state policy requiring advance notice and public access to all meetings where public business is discussed or decided, except in limited circumstances where the public interest or personal privacy would be endangered. The act defines "public body" as multi-member voting bodies organized under state law with authority to spend public funds or affect individual rights, while explicitly excluding informal advisory bodies, executive meetings with subordinates, and specific entities such as the judiciary and political party organizations.
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The Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau issued Report 23-26 in December 2023, presenting the State of Wisconsin's FY 2022-23 Financial Statements as part of its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The report, prepared by State Auditor Joe Chrisman and reviewed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, provides an independent audit of Wisconsin's state finances across multiple funds including the General Fund, Transportation Fund, Long-Term Debt, Unemployment Reserve Fund, and University of Wisconsin System. This nonpartisan audit examines financial transactions, agency performance, and public policy issues to support the Legislature's oversight of state government operations and efficiency.
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The Erie County 2023 budget document provides a comprehensive overview of the county's fiscal operations, including a four-year operational plan covering 2023-2026, revenue sources such as property tax, sales tax, state aid, and federal aid, and detailed expenditure breakdowns for the general fund and fringe benefits. The document outlines Erie County's budget process, financial structure, and includes sections on property tax revenues, sales tax revenues and sharing arrangements, union contracts, and outstanding general debt. County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz and the Budget and Management Director presented this budget message and summary to the Erie County Legislature on October 14, 2022, as part of the county's official budget planning process.
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The 2024-2025 Texas Budget, signed by Governor Abbott on June 18, 2023, allocates approximately $321 billion from all funds and $144 billion in general revenue for the two-year period from September 1, 2023, to August 31, 2025. The Legislature began the session with $188.2 billion in general revenue, including a record $32.7 billion carryover balance and $23.5 billion in the state's rainy-day fund. While the budget shows 10% and 6% increases in general revenue and all funds respectively compared to the previous biennium, the analysis notes that after adjusting for inflation and population growth, actual spending increases are considerably smaller, and lawmakers prioritized property tax cuts over long-overdue investments in public education and health care despite the surplus opportunity.
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This is an agenda for the Mayors' River Cities Trade Initiative (MRCTI) annual meeting held September 17–18 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, hosted by Mayor Sharon Weston Broome at the Hilton Capitol Center (201 Lafayette St). The opening ceremony on September 17 at 6:00pm features Mayor Broome, Louisiana State Legislature members, and Southern University at the Leon R. Tarver II Cultural & Heritage Center; a welcome reception follows at 7:30pm sponsored by Southern University. On September 18, an opening plenary on "Housing and Community Development Challenges in River Communities" runs 8:00am–9:00am, sponsored by a Louisiana State University Provost Fund for Innovation grant, with continental breakfast provided and presided over by the mayors of Cairo, Illinois and Kimmswick, Missouri.
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Article V, Section V-1 through V-4 of the Oklahoma Constitution establishes the state's legislative authority in a bicameral Legislature (Senate and House of Representatives) while reserving to the people the powers of initiative and referendum. The initiative requires petition signatures from eight percent of legal voters to propose legislative measures and fifteen percent to propose constitutional amendments, with petition percentages calculated based on votes cast for Governor in the last general election. The referendum can be ordered by five percent of legal voters or by the Legislature itself, except for laws necessary for immediate public peace, health, or safety. Referendum petitions must be filed with the Secretary of State within ninety days after final adjournment of the legislative session that passed the bill in question, and measures referred to voters take effect upon approval by a simple majority vote, exempt from gubernatorial veto.
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Governor J. Kevin Stitt submitted Oklahoma's FY 2025 Executive Budget to the 60th Oklahoma Legislature, emphasizing financial recovery and building toward a "Top Ten State" vision. State tax collections reached a record $14.18 billion in FY 2023 but declined 4.4% to $13.56 billion in FY 2024, with FY 2025 expected to show slight decline and FY 2026 modest growth according to Oklahoma Tax Commission projections. General Revenue Fund collections for FY 2025 are projected at $8.40 billion, down $62 million from FY 2024 actuals, while total certified and authorized funds available for appropriation are estimated at $10.83 billion for FY 2025. Spending discipline from FY 2021–FY 2025 is projected to generate $4.6 billion in total state reserves and cash savings by the end of FY 2025, including $2.03 billion in constitutional and revenue stabilization reserves, $1.37 billion in General Revenue cash, and $1.24 billion in other dedicated fund balances.
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