Budget gets House panel OK, but it’s just a start 
By Jim Small
Published: May 8, 2009 at 6:16 pm
A legislative panel may have spent the better part of seven hours debating, amending and approving a package of budget bills, but that doesn't mean action on a plan to solve a roughly $3 billion deficit is imminent. Rather, many lawmakers say the significance of the committee's work is that it sets the stage for ...