Legislative Commentary

A year ago our new Majority Coalition Caucus was formally assuming leadership of the state Senate, and the transition from 10 years of one-party control made the first week of the 2013 legislative session a bit of a bumpy ride. Still, as I wrote to you then, it was encouraging to already see open discussion of ideas that had been stifled for many years.

There were no such bumps during the first week of the eight-week 2014 legislative session. Why? I have to believe the senators now on the minority side, having seen what our bipartisan coalition accomplished in its first year, realize that our...