Balancing the state budget is always the top priority for the Tennessee General Assembly, a feat which may require some cuts but shouldn’t be as difficult this year as in recent years, according to Warren County’s state representatives.“We continue to see an increase in state revenue and that’s going to minimize damage to budget cuts we might have to make,” said state Rep. Judd Matheny. “If the federal government doesn’t do something drastic like make deep cuts to transportation funding, we’re looking at possibly being able to roll back the sales tax on food.”State Rep. Charles Curtiss says revenue is increasing, but the state will be hurt by the lack of federal stimulus dollars which have been received the past two years.“We’ve been making budget the past two years thanks to federal dollars that aren’t going to be there,” said Curtiss. “The emphasis we’ve had for the past four years has been to make government smaller and smaller.