Taxes?

Rep. Ross Hunter: “Message would be the same as it was before. We have work to do in (writing) the budget… it’s premature to make any decisions on any direction that we have.”

“I don’t think thsi has changed a lot from what our internal expectations were,” Hunter said.

Does it change anything for the governor? Victor Moore says no.

“First, the governor signed the budget yesterday. She knows that it was a belt-tightening bill… I’m not sure how this Legislature could write a budget based on this information,” Moore said.

Austin Jenkins asked: Then what’s the purpose of a preliminary forecast?

Hunter: “The more information we have about where we are, the easier it is for us to move forward.”