How to Use biennium in a Sentence

biennium

noun
  • The state budget is in and our district’s funding will be flat through the next biennium.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland.com, 23 July 2019
  • The tax made it to the final version of the state’s biennium budget.
    — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Those cuts will reduce revenue by $3 billion over the biennium.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The Thursday meeting of both chambers will set a record for the most special sessions in a biennium.
    — Torey Van Oot Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 9 Nov. 2020
  • What that’s left us with is unprecedented balances for the current biennium.
    — oregonlive, 18 May 2022
  • Grant funding would rise to $91 million above current levels in the second year of the biennium.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Minnesota lawmakers have 120 days over two years to do their work each biennium.
    — Jessie Van Berkel, Star Tribune, 29 May 2021
  • Tax revenues turned out to be much stronger than predicted and the state is now on track to bring in $1 billion more than expected this biennium.
    — oregonlive, 16 June 2021
  • The next governor is going to inherit a $5 billion hole in the next biennium.
    — Neil Vigdor, courant.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The proposal is the first step in Maine’s biennium budget process, which will determine the next two years of state funding.
    — Samantha Hogan, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2020
  • At the annual meeting the branch elected officers for the next biennium.
    — 'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 15 June 2017
  • The House proposed covering 100% of those costs in the second year of the biennium.
    — Bruce Schreiner, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The budget includes a 24% spending increase over the biennium.
    — Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Full elimination would cost at least $40 billion per biennium.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The House would give state workers a 3 percent raise in both years of the budget, at a cost of $547 million over the biennium.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The other piece of good news, the state’s new biennium budget included a slight increase in district funding, Royer said.
    — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Their budget leaves about $3 billion in reserves by the end of the biennium ― more than 13% of the state's revenues, and a greater amount than the House proposed.
    — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • State lawmakers stipulated that the $50 million must be committed to renters by the end of the biennium on June 30.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 27 Apr. 2021
  • According to Shelby, the office is expecting to be three-quarters finished when the biennium ends June 30.
    — Anna Marum, OregonLive.com, 19 May 2017
  • The total cost to the state was to be about $4 billion per year of the biennium, according to the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • With our $29 billion surplus, and previous similar surpluses from past bienniums, the state has the ability to completely wipe school M&O taxes.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • And second, state appropriations for the upcoming biennium will not be sufficient to cover basic increases in personnel costs like retirement and medical benefits.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • State Budget Director Ahna Minge said at the time that the drugs were expected to increase Medical Assistance spending by $80 million to $90 million per biennium.
    — Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Minnesota’s difficult state budget forecasts in recent years have represented a turn-around from late 2022, when MMB projected a nearly $18 billion surplus in the following biennium.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Before the Legislature set the state’s current two-year budget, MMB estimated Minnesota would have $456 million surplus in the 2026-2027 biennium and a $6 billion deficit in 2028-2029.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025

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