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Policy bills are being heard in their opposite houses and budget negotiations are going on behind closed doors. Bills that have been modified by the...

The good news is that K–12 got all the dollars they needed and more. The bad news is that April Fool’s Day ran long. Most of...

Committees continued meeting primarily to move bills out of their respective committees while concurrently, the majority party in each house released their budget proposals as...

Public hearing and Executive Sessions continued this week as legislators dealt with various bills received from the opposite chamber. In fact, it appears that committees...

This second half of session is just a repeat of the first half except each house is hearing the bills that passed the opposing chamber....

Debates and voting also known as ‘Floor’ action have continued throughout the week. The pattern seems to be that for every three or four bills...

Both Houses are focusing on ‘floor’ action. They have primarily voted to pass bills that have the support of both parties. Proposals that do not...

The deadline for policy bills has come and gone, and the deadline for fiscal bills is imminent. Both Houses will now focus on ‘floor’ action,...

“What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren’t making it for the long haul.” ~ Calvin Trilling. Substitute the...