Tag Archives: State Senator Mark Stoops

Last night, the state legislature passed a $35 billion two-year budget, in Indianapolis. The state’s biennial budget includes spending increases in education and for the state’s overwhelmed Department of Child Services. However, Democrats objected to the state budget bill, House Bill 1001. In this Feature Report, WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with State Sen. (D-Bloomington) Mark Stoops and State …

The Indiana House of Representatives’ current spending bill is half a billion dollars short, according to the latest estimation by the Revenue Forecast Technical Committee. The forecast for fiscal year 2020 was presented to the state budget committee, yesterday. It includes a $30 million revision from December’s projection. That’s still nowhere near the $600 million difference between what the technical …