On Thursday, Feb. 9, Gov. Chris Sununu addressed a joint session of the House, Senate and Executive Council to provide information about his proposed budget.
The total budget for Fiscal Year 2018, which begins July 1, was just over $6 billion dollars and the FY 19 budget was also just over 6 billion.
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