Retirement

The first deadlines have come and gone. Action now shifts to the floor of each chamber. A bill needs to be brought out of the...

Legislative actions continue. As this is being written, the deadline for policy bills to leave committees has arrived. The next cut-off is February 11 for...

The big push has begun as bills will be moving out of their house of origin in order to clear the policy and fiscal deadlines...

Since covering pension/retirement/health insurance issues on behalf of WASA and AWSP, there are a few important points we have learned. This is just a brief...

Hearings and any resulting actions moving bills out of committees have begun as both houses move toward the first cut-off date. This is only a...

In the beginning, there were close to 300 bills pre-filed even before the Legislature convened. And then, once started, new bills continue to be introduced....

The great mystery is the upcoming release of the agreed upon 2019–21 budget. It is to be released Saturday, the 27th. While budget negotiations were...

After this last deadline, attention now moves to both chamber floors. Action will primarily consist of both chambers debating and voting on bills that have...

Following marathon hearings by the fiscal committees in both houses, the chambers are now publicly engaged in floor action where numerous bills are debated and...