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June 6, 2007

State budget set to be unveiled on Friday

Ending weeks of speculation on Smith Hill, legislative leaders have announced their plan to unveil the 2008 budget.

The release is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday in House Finance Committee Room 35 in the State House basement.

The committee posted the meeting at 2 p.m. today, as 48 hours notice is required for all public meetings. If the schedule goes as planned, legislators will review the budget article by article Friday afternoon.

The process can take as little as a couple hours or can run through the night. Once approved by the committee, there is a mandatory seven-day waiting period before the full House can vote on the budget.

House spokesman Larry Berman noted that the plan may change in the coming days and that the committee hearing doesn’t always start on time.

The budget will contain such details as whether young adults raised in state custody will lose state benefits, how many children will lose state-subsidized child care, and how much state aid will go to cities and towns.

-- Steve Peoples, Journal State House Bureau

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