Democrats introduce budget that exceeds spending cap, draws pushback

Democrats introduce budget that exceeds spending cap, draws pushback

Democrats on the Appropriations Committee unveiled a budget proposal Tuesday that exceeds the state’s spending cap by $131 million next fiscal year. Democrats said they wanted to maintain certain priorities in their two-year, $55.5-billion proposal. They also said they had to reject many requests to keep their proposal down. “There’s things in there that some of our members put in...