PHOENIX — The state’s Medicaid program won’t have money to pay its bills next month unless the governor and lawmakers reach a deal — and soon — on at least some elements of a budget.
Senate President Warren Petersen told Capitol Media Services Monday that legislative Democrats are balking at providing the GOP with a list of their priorities. And without that, he said, there can be little progress on developing a spending plan for the new fiscal year that begins July 1.
But the more immediate problem, he said, is some state agencies need additional funds for the current budget year. And the Gilbert Republican said efforts to resolve that have become bogged down in the talks over next year’s budget.
