Sen. Howard nominates local banker

Session is moving forward.

On Monday afternoon, the State Board of Equalization verified the nearly $417 million revenue shortfall for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.

Originally, we thought we’d have about $8.3 billion to spend this year and that has dropped to $7.6 billion.

We approved the bills to address the revenue gap earlier this month. Senate Bill 199 moved $302 million from the R…