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Appropriations Committee assigns members to comb budgets, grants and produce $20 million options
Summary
Committee members were given homework: review ups and downs, identify new base items and grant lines, and submit candidate cuts or re‑allocations (including a target of $20 million) by the committee’s stated deadline to inform FY 2026 choices.
After the ADS presentation the House Appropriations Committee shifted to internal work planning, assigning members to review agency budgets and grant inventories and to surface possible savings or one‑time funds.
"I'm going to give you all an assignment to do about finding money and where you want to spend money so that we all kind of are engaged in making these decisions as a committee," the committee chair said. The chair asked members to examine the governor's recommended base items, the ups‑and‑downs reports, and the grants inventory and to forward findings to committee staff.
Joint Fiscal Office staff walked members through the Vantage budget…
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