The House and Senate reached a compromise on the budget. They worked long and hard, and by all accounts the deliberations were cordial and done in public, not behind closed doors as in the past. The resulting budget is fair, responsible and balanced. It delivers on our promise to help reduce property taxes.
As in all compromises, each side gave up something to get something. We thought we were compromising with the governor too, but that is, I guess, another story.
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