Legislative Commentary

The second week of the legislative session is history now. It’s continuing to be very busy for me over here but, as I mentioned to the editor of the Lewiston newspaper the other day, it’s been a good sort of busy. As I look at some of the legislation being proposed by the members of our Majority Coalition Caucus and follow some of the public hearings going on among the Senate committees, I can’t help but be encouraged. Ideas that have been stifled for many years are finally being discussed openly, and that alone is progress.

The week’s visitors ranged from our new Secretary of State and other...