The 2015-16 fiscal year is officially underway and with no state spending plan in place, it seems as if we are reverting back to the old days of budget impasses and standoffs. Despite the General Assembly meeting its constitutional obligation of getting a budget to the governor’s desk by the June 30th deadline – a $30.2 billion plan that included a $1 billion increase in state spending, invested more in education and didn’t raise taxes – Gov.