BY BARBARA HOBEROCK

As state lawmakers head into the final two weeks of the legislative session, a number of big issues remain unresolved.

The biggest is coming up with a state budget to fund government for fiscal year 2017.

The state expects to have $1.3 billion less to spend due to depressed energy prices, tax cuts and an inability to reign in tax credits and incentives promoted to increase economic activity.

The state is currently in a deepening revenue failure, requiring cuts to state-appropriated agencies.

To view your forwarded copy of our Capitol report now, please go to the following URL:

http://www.ecapitol.net/email/email_0SI9_4LV0OK4D0.htm

It will be available to you online for the next 20 days.

Last Thursday, we completed the 3rd legislative deadline—all House bills out of Senate Committees and all Senate bills out of House Committees.  We now have 2 weeks of hearing bills on the Floor in the opposite chamber.  Bills that did were not passed before the deadline have been removed from your tracking report.