Legislative Commentary

A year ago at this time the Legislature’s regular session was over, because it is limited to 60 days in even-numbered years. However, we already had been called into a “special” session to iron out disagreements related to changes proposed to the state budget, and it ran to the end of March.

There is no reason for the Legislature to go into overtime this year – no good reason, that is. But last week the governor’s budget director effectively scoffed at the idea of adjourning on time, and Thursday the House Democrats’ budget leader spoke openly about wanting additional revenue, meaning more tax...