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The Council on Revenues projects 5.3 percent general fund growth for the current fiscal year and 4.5 percent next year.

Department heads have lined up in opposition to a bill that would end their ability to fill hundreds of temporary positions.

Tourism officials aren’t happy with measures that could raise millions from taxes on timeshares and higher resort fees.

The Finance Committee’s cuts create a balanced budget over six years, but the spending plans could still change.

As a deadline fast approaches, scores of measures were sent from one chamber to the other Tuesday at the Capitol.

UPDATED: Emotions run high as legislators debate whether the measure grants a “civil right” or sends the wrong message about suicide.

UPDATED: The measure cleared a joint committee after additional safeguards were added. It now heads to a vote of the full House.

House lawmakers deferred a vote on the measure until Wednesday.

The office comes with little power and few responsibilities. But it positions politicians for a leap to higher office — and to raise a lot of campaign cash.

Lawmakers supporting the measure say people deserve the right to choose how they end their lives in terminal cases.