One thing that you learn pretty quickly is that the legislative session starts with a ton of pomp and circumstance with the State of the State, then pretty much… stops. Legislative staff have to print out all the bills that legislators introduce. Analysts have to, well, analyze the bills for their fiscal impact.
On July 1, a constitutional amendment to increase the distribution from the Land Grant Permanent Fund t toward educating the state’s youngest children goes into effect. The amendment, approved by voters last fall, would draw an additional 1.25 percent from the fund. Along with money from the state’s general fund, the Early Childhood Education and […]