Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Both houses were and remain in caucus or in debate on the floor, considering various bills on their respective calendars. Committee work will begin in...

For an outsider looking in, it is extremely frustrating that much of the action that fine tunes/amends bills occur behind closed doors, out of sight...

As today comes to a close, so does another cutoff date. All bills with a price tag must be passed out of a fiscal committee...

For 51 years, AWSP has supported principals and assistant principals (the individuals) and the principalship (the profession) in the education of each and every student....

The focus is and will remain so for this week and next on moving bills through committee Executive Sessions to their respective Rules’ Committees. The...

The first cutoff of this year’s legislative session is today, February 17, where policy bills must pass out of their committee of origin. The deadline...

This was essentially the last week that new policy bills were heard in committees as the cutoff for bills to pass out of committees of...

The importance of advocacy cannot be overstated. Legislators need to continually hear from those impacted by proposed legislation. A lobbyist can keep issues in front...

As the calendar flipped to February this week and I realized it was the 25th day of this year’s legislative session, I felt a little...