Retirement

The state Legislature is now about 40 percent through this year’s 105-day session and faces its second significant checkpoint on Friday, March 1. That’s the...

The first cut off is occurring as this is being written and next week will be the last cut-off deadline for all fiscal bills. The...

Snowmageddon descended on Olympia, and things came to a halt, but now that the worst (we can hope) is over, the process is moving again....

The session is still flowing toward cut off dates, when an observer can then more closely focus on what would appear to be potential ‘rocks’....

The introduction of bills has slowed markedly as committees now focus on having public hearings. Then bills are moved out of their respective committees through...

The legislative river is running as close to 1,500 bills have been introduced since December’s prefiling. Included among those are a number of bills affecting...

At the risk of repetition, the legislative session and Governor’s actions have concluded. This was a session that was akin to a sprint to the...

Many policy bills that have been proposed earlier in the Session failed to advance by the numerous Sine Die’s. Therefore, the legislative focus on these...

Session number one has ended, some would say, with a whimper. And now we must wait.