The recently released revenue forecast for the current fiscal year provided policymakers with a bit of good news – again.
But only if state lawmakers use public funds to pay for public goods.
Across the country, states are experiencing similar bumps in revenue – so imagine how much more we would have without income tax cuts for wealthy people and corporations.
The state now has more public dollars than was projected in the last revenue forecast to spend on priorities like children's education, worker training, access to child care and affordable housing for families, and infrastructure to connect more communities to the internet and more people to quality jobs.