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Lobbyists brief Monroe council on 2025 session: budget, taxes and housing changes
Summary
Jim Hedrick and Luke Gesser, Monroe’s legislative representatives, presented a summary of major 2025 state legislation and the biennial budgets during the City Council meeting on July 8.
Jim Hedrick and Luke Gesser, Monroe’s legislative representatives, presented a summary of major 2025 state legislation and the biennial budgets during the City Council meeting on July 8.
“Most bills that passed the session will take effect July 27,” Hedrick told the council, while noting some tax changes already took effect July 1. He said the adopted operating budget totals about $77.9 billion and includes roughly $6 billion in cuts offset by about $9.4 billion in new revenue over four years.
Hedrick and Gesser reviewed bills and trends likely to affect cities. Key points included: fully funded state collective bargaining agreements for state employees; a transportation package that raised the state gas tax…
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