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General Assembly update: Stafford priorities remain in play as committees set budgets
Summary
Staff reported that Stafford's priorities — including a 1% sales tax referendum for school construction and several proposals addressing disabled veterans and education funding — remain active in the General Assembly; staff also warned about unfunded mandates such as collective bargaining and higher minimum wages.
Anthony Twigo, Stafford's Intergovernmental Affairs Manager, briefed the Board on the General Assembly session and budget outlook, saying committees must report budgets by Feb. 22 and that calendar constraints make the governor's formal budget available in early March. Twigo said the House and the governor project roughly $1.2 billion of new spending across the biennium and that unfunded mandates are emerging as a major theme.
Stafford priorities: Twigo reported that the board's request for authority to hold a…
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