The Times Union reports on what was in the budget proposal Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Feb. 1. The governor said there would be no new taxes. PLAY OR DOWNLOAD EXCERPT OF HOCHUL SPEECH. The Times Union reports some specifics from the budget including a decrease in higher education spending from $8.1 billion last year to $7.5 billion this year, with tuition increases at SUNY and CUNY schools. But K-12 school aid would increase by $3.1 billion, a 10 percent increase. Every school district would get at least a three percent increase in financial aid. Hochul's budget proposal also ties the state’s minimum wage (currently $14.20 an hour upstate) to inflation. Her budget proposal would also give judges more discretion to set bail by removing a “least restrictive” standard they must apply for certain offenses. Read the full story in the Times Union.