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Budget Windfall Anticipated

Composite of the Santa Fe Roundhouse, and a CG illustration of a U.S. dollar sign.

September 3, 2021 – The Line opinion panel takes a closer look at the implications of a predicted $1.4 billion surplus in the state’s next budget year. Lawmakers and the governor are already rolling out ideas to spend it, while others caution against yet another ratcheting up of the state’s baseline costs. The group weighs…

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The Line: Economists Urge Caution In Dealing With Budget Surplus

1224 Line Budget Surplus

December 14, 2018 – This week, legislators got an update on the state’s budget surplus, as well as a warning. Economists and analysts are urging a cautious approach to spending the roughly $1.1 billion in new revenues coming into the state coffers. Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists discuss the warning and how the…

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