Using liveaturban. We welcome you to ask questions. Well make a point to use these questions and comments in the q and a portion of the program. Im excited to be joining the Tax Policy Center and i thank you for joining us today to grapple with important issues surrounding our states fiscal issues. The panel the examine opportunities governors and legislators will face and the decisions theyll face as they pass new budgets. The budget this year the budget process this year appears to be exceptionally challenging given the understanding of what federal policy will look like in a wide range of areas. As the new Administration Stands up and new policies are shaped, its important to recall that many programs being discussed are implemented at the state and local level. Educating our children, building roads is done by state and local governments with federal funds paying for about onethird of state expenditures. The federal government effects the overall agenda. Independent of expected fed