…in the country that does not have a new budget.

And there is not much that would make that change this calendar year.

Read that again.

“In the meantime, teachers and state employees will continue going without promised raises, cuts to Medicaid rates are expected to hit local doctors and hospitals, and planned new construction projects on everything from roads to public universities will be delayed.

The current fiscal year started July 1. In the absence of a new budget, the state operates on most of the funding levels set in the most recently approved spending plan. But not all funding automatically rolls over. And every budget tends to include new projects that are, for now, caught in limbo.”