Republican legislators unveil ``no tax increase'' budget
Sharply criticizing a Democratic plan to raise state taxes by $3.3 billion over the next two years, Republican legislators unveiled a ``no tax increase'' budget Thursday that would consolidate 23 state agencies into six and make $1 billion more in budget cuts than the Democrats.
Democrats unveiled a biennial state budget proposal Wednesday that calls for wide-ranging tax increases, more borrowing and use of the rainy day fund to close the state's expected multi-billion dollar deficits.