By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | The state’s 2020-21 budget and allocation of federal pandemic aid money will loom large over the special session called for the House and Senate next week, which is slated to begin Tuesday for both chambers.
The September session, which will end Sept. 24, was called so lawmakers could finish drafting a state spending plan for the 2020-2021 fiscal year already underway. The 2020 session was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic that pummeled revenues and halted large gatherings. This mini-session joins others called since April to address the pandemic, including a recent one-day Senate session to expand absentee voting.
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