Tonight on The Impact: Talk of “20, 40, 100 percent cuts,” revenue forecast and more

Tonight on The Impact, host Jennifer Huntley will talk to Representative Ed Orcutt and Senator Craig Pridemore. They’ll talk about tomorrow’s preliminary revenue forecast and what programs stand to get cut.

Pridemore and Orcutt are in the studio now. Here’s a small preview of what they have to say:

- Both expect the revenue forecast to be worse. Pridemore said he expects it to be “significantly worse” — around $8 billion.

- Pridemore said cuts will start coming through next week. He said that, because about half of the budget goes to things that can’t be cut (like debt service and education), that leaves about $8 billion in cuts from $17 billion or so of the biennial budget. He said some programs could get cut “20, 40, 100 percent.”

- Tune in tonight at 7 and 10 p.m., or watch online at tvw.org.

- Speaking of revenue forecast, it will be liveblogged here, and broadcast on TVW and webcast at tvw.org tomorrow live at 4:30 p.m.

Tags: Budget, cuts, revenue, taxes