Balance the Delaware Budget

Field notes

The project frames budget editing as constituent preparation rather than direct democracy: visitors can test tradeoffs, but the numbers do not alter Delaware's actual budget. The page says its dataset covers all 24 departments, 134 programs, and 17 revenue lines from the signed FY2027 Appropriations Act. It also foregrounds constraints that a simple slider may hide, including statutory salaries, federal Medicaid matching funds, hearing testimony, labor agreements, and longer-term consequences.