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House Appropriations hears budget outlook as committee prepares to compare two governors' plans
Summary
Legislative fiscal staff briefed the House Appropriations Committee on a 10‑year budget picture, projected additional revenues and the process for comparing Governor Burgum's submitted budget with incoming Governor Armstrong's proposal next week.
The House Appropriations Committee received a budget overview Wednesday that emphasized this session will compare two executive budgets and start its work from the previous legislature's approved base.
The preview matters because members will have both the Burgum administration's detailed executive recommendation and a second budget from Governor Armstrong to weigh when crafting appropriations. Alan Knudson, with Legislative Council fiscal staff, told the committee: "we will be going through a number of our reports and just kind of the information that you'll be getting throughout the session from us and the assistance that we can provide you to help you make the best decisions you can on the budgets that you're working with and again, the overall state budget." Knudson said staff will provide three comparative sheets for each agency — a blue sheet showing the base…
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