Peggy's Corner of the House

Hello and welcome back to Peggy’s Corner of the House!

The House passed the state-operating budget after vigorous debate this past week. There has been tremendous work done on the budget since session started -many long days and nights have been spent trying to accomplish this in the very short time period that we are allotted. I actually wish we were back to a 120-day session.

Over the last ten years, the General Fund (GF) portion of the departments’ operating budgets has grown an average of 6.5% each year. This 6.5% growth is unsustainable. Governor Parnell recognized it and the budget he in...