The chairs of the House and of the Senate budget committees both introduced their budget proposals this week. The committees will vote on them soon, though none of us can…
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Updates to Basic Ed Financing
The Senate released their budget yesterday. The House releases its today. I’ll opine later on the differences. Both are mostly no-new-revenue budgets. The Senate packages up closing some tax loopholes….
Pages – A great experience for young people
I’ve had a number of excellent young people serve the Legislature this year as a page. If you’re between the ages of 14 and 16 you can serve as a…
Tolling 520
One of the issues that must be resolved this year is a plan to generate enough money to pay for the SR 520 bridge replacement project. There is no way…
Differences between the House and Senate versions of Ed Finance Reform
The House and Seante passed VERY different versions of the reform legislation. Below is a staff summary of the differences in language that’s reasonably easy to understand, though still somewhat…