This Week in One View
Friday's revenue forecast held the current deficit steady but widened the gap for the next two-year budget to about $1.2 billion. That number will frame the 2027 session no matter who wins today. The School Financing Review Commission filed its report, which leans toward more state aid at the moment the state has less room to provide it. Outside money in the Senate race passed $65 million, and the governor asked for federal flood aid for eight southeast counties. New federal Opportunity Zones and a proposed fertilizer plant point to growth, but both depend on local steps still ahead.