Legislators completed Day 20 yesterday, and we are now at the halfway point of this session. They are in recess today and are taking off Monday for Presidents’ Day, then they will be in session Tuesday through Friday. The Senate unanimously passed their version of the amended FY 2016 $23B budget on Wednesday. It will…
The legislature met four days this week and will meet again on Monday through Thursday next week. They have now completed 16 legislative days and have settled into the familiar routine of calendar setting by the Rules committees, convening of House and Senate to deliberate and act on their calendar bills, then additional committee meetings…
It was a busy week with more committee meetings and the State of the Judiciary speech on Wednesday. Chief Justice Hugh Thompson’s speech to the House and Senate followed the recommendations of the governor’s judicial task force and focused on shifting the Supreme Court’s caseload to the Court of Appeals, which recently expanded from 12…
The legislature convened three days this week and they have now completed eight legislative days. They will be in session Monday through Thursday of next week. This week was dominated by joint Appropriations committee meetings with all state agencies appearing before the House and Senate committees to explain their funding requests. Next week, the…
The 2016 General Assembly session began Monday, January 11, when Lt. Governor Cagle and Speaker Ralston gaveled in the Senate and House. They convened every day this week and will be in session three days next week. They will be off on Monday for the Martin Luther King holiday and off on Tuesday for the…