Gearing Up for the 2025 Budget with an Overview of 2024 Budget Priorities

Next week, Governor Lee will kick off a series of budget hearings with departments and agencies of state government regarding their appropriations needs in the 2025/2026 fiscal year. These are important hearings and mark the beginning of the budget process which will conclude with passage of the budget at the end of session in 2025. I will provide updates on these budget hearings as they unfold.

Ahead of the budget hearings, the following is a review of the 2024/2025 budget we passed in the General Assembly last session to fund state government.

The 2024/2025 budget took on no new debt and ref...