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Senate discusses revised FY2025 budget that restores 80 hours for employees, earmarks municipal funds
Summary
Members of the Senate discussed the governor's revised FY2025 budget—highlighting restoration of 80 hours for government employees, a payment to retirees, and municipal allocations—while urging continued efforts to recover pre‑COVID casino revenues.
The Senate held an extended discussion Feb. 28 on the governor's communication about a revised FY2025 budget that, lawmakers said, restores 80 hours of work for government employees for the remainder of the fiscal year and includes funding allocations for retirees and municipal operations.
Senator Jude Hofschneider, speaking under communications from the governor (communication 24‑17), told the chamber the revised budget restores the 80‑hour workweek for government employees, provides a 25% payment for retirees and allocates funds for the health network program and municipal operations. He said the budget includes $23,000,000 in authorized expenditures and noted an allocation of $250,000 intended to settle certain obligations owed to the gaming commissioners.
Why it matters: Senators said restoring work hours for government employees was the principal public‑facing goal of the revision. Several members emphasized the budget…
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