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State budget outlook: Representative reports surplus but warns of ongoing cost pressures
Summary
Representative Bourne briefed the Executive Committee on the state budget process, describing a multi-billion-dollar projected surplus but noting that ‘cost to continue’ for programs such as Medicaid outpaces ongoing revenue, complicating long-term funding decisions.
Representative Bourne, who met with county department leaders during the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee listening tour, updated Dodge County officials on the early stages of the state budget process and what the county can expect from upcoming appropriations discussions.
Bourne said the state budget’s projected one-time surplus is about $4.3 billion, but stressed that much…
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