Legislative Commentary

As a farmer whose wheat crop gets water only from the heavens, I like to say that when it comes to rain, there’s no such thing as “bad” rain.

But I almost had to rethink that earlier this month, when rain arrived while we were out cutting wheat.

Fortunately, we were just about at the tail end of harvest, so it was still a successful year with yields that were significantly above average.

It’s been great to wear my farmer hat more than my senator hat for the past month, since our third overtime session of the year ended.

However, the big picture hasn’t changed since we adjourned July 20. There...