that’s going to really magnify the crisis at the state level,” said Misha Werschkul, executive director of the left-leaning Washington State Budget and Policy Center. On Thursday, lawmakers in Illinois — which is infamous for budget dysfunction — took the historic step of overriding the governor’s veto of the state’s first budget since 2015. Thirty-three states faced revenue shortfalls in 2017, bringing in less money than they projected for public services, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers. Perhaps best known among these states is Kansas, which enacted deep tax cuts in 2012 and 2013. It has led to steep reductions in state spending, from cuts to firefighter positions to shuttered health clinics.

Source: Washington Post July 07, 2017 10:03 UTC