Stories Related to With Tax Reform And The Budget Stalled, State Lawmakers Put Off Work On Other Initiatives

AUGUSTA –– Lawmakers have been unable to break an impasse over the state’s next two-year budget and three competing tax reform plans. Contentious debates over welfare, gun regulations and labor laws have been pushed back to the final days of the legislative session. The Legislature is scheduled to adjourn June 17, and funding for state government ends June 30. In other words, time is running out for lawmakers to complete their work and some of the most labor-intensive issues are still unresolved. As of late last week, roughly 40 percent of the 1,432 bills introduced thus far this session have either been rejected, signed into law or are awaiting action by Gov.