Senate Barely Approves Tax Bill; House Appears Ready to Kill It On Sunday night, after a long and contentious debate, the Senate finally approved a bill (HB 2109) to raise enough in taxes to cover the $400 million shortfall...
Read MoreConference Creates New Tax Bill The Tax Conference Committee met early this afternoon and put together yet another plan to bridge the budget gap of more than $400 million. This plan will run first in the Senate, likely this...
Read MoreThis morning the tax conference committee met and produced two similar tax bills, deciding to keep things going in both chambers simultaneously in the hope that some plan can tax somewhere. HB 2109, which had been debated for a...
Read MoreJust like in 2014, when legislators waited until past the midnight hour on the last nights of the session, when they added the repeal of due process rights for teachers and the first step in vouchers – corporate tuition...
Read MoreThe Tax Conference Committee came up with an agreement yesterday afternoon, putting it in SB 270 and sending it off to the House floor for a motion to adopt the report. The agreement contained most of the provisions that each...
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