Tagged: Joint Appropriations Committee

As the legislature considers cutting budgets next month, some members are taking issue with comments that the state has doubled its budget over the last ten years.  Incoming House Appropriations Chairman Steve Harshman says the state spent money on things ranging from the Hathaway Scholarship to improving neglected infrastructure across the state.  Harshman says some of that spending also went into funds that should help the state in future years.

Governor Matt Mead says falling natural gas prices make this a good time to reevaluate his proposed budget. In December, the governor submitted his budget, which asked agencies to present a two-percent cut to their budgets. That budget was based on natural gas prices which were nearly $3.50 per MCF at the time.