April 20, 2012 The 2012 legislative session is over. It showed how difficult it is to deal with four years of continual decline in state revenues. We are fortunate…
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Rep. Mike Sells April 16/2012 e-memo
Budget and Jobs Now Act approved; Legislature adjourned sine die A balanced, responsible, and sustainable operating budget and the capital budget/Jobs Now Act passed the full legislature early Wednesday…
State Rep. Jim Moeller: Statements on the 2011-2013 supplemental operating budget and the 2011-2013 supplemental capital budget
As upfront and straightforward as can be, our values are manifested in the 2011-2013 supplemental operating and capital budgets. Our line in the sand, our so-called go-home position exists in…
House plans to move budget-related bills forward this week
The House is moving forward Wednesday with a short list of bills that will be necessary to implement (NTIB) the supplemental operating budget. Although an agreement on the final budget…
Historic child welfare reforms signed into law
OLYMPIA – Three separate measures that give child welfare caseworkers new and better tools to help the state’s most troubled families were signed into law today. Together, these reforms allow…