Louisiana legislators will enter the last day of their session Thursday poised to adopt a tax overhaul package many lawmakers consider this year’s top priority.
(The Center Square) – On the last day of the 2021 regular session, the Louisiana Senate gave final passage to a complex tax overhaul that supporters hope will make the
Sound fiscal policy must begin with spending restraint. Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Republican-led Legislature continued to follow pro-growth fiscal conservatism during the most recently concluded session.
The Iowa Legislature passed an $8.1 billion FY 2022 state budget, which provided an estimated $1 billion in tax relief to taxpayers instead of growing government. This brings the budget well under the average taxpayerâs ability to pay for it as measured by the Tax Education Foundationâs Conservative Iowa Budget, which sets a maximum threshold based on population growth plus inflation.
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This budget is $290.7 million more than the FY 2021 budget. The $8.1 billion budget is over $4 million more than what Gov. Reynolds initially proposed. Nevertheless, Iowaâs fiscal house is in good standing.
Gov. Whitmer: Expand preschool to 22,000 4-year-olds in Michigan
EAST LANSING Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday proposed expanding government-funded preschool to 22,000 eligible but unenrolled 4-year-olds in Michigan, saying too many cannot access an “incredible opportunity” because of inadequate funding.
The expansion is designed to ensure all 65,400 eligible kids can attend either through the federal Head Start program or the state’s Great Start Readiness Program, which covers at-risk kids whose families make up to 250% of the federal poverty level. It would be funded for three years with an infusion of $250 million in federal coronavirus relief aid and $155 million in state dollars.