Joint Budget Targets - Late last Friday, Governor Tim Walz, along with leaders of the Minnesota House and Senate, agreed to modest joint budget targets for supplemental budget bills. The targets would allow for spending...more
New Jersey’s 221st Legislature is officially underway with yesterday’s swearing in of 37 new members (10 in the Senate and 27 in the General Assembly), followed by Governor Murphy’s annual State of the State Address....more
This morning, Governor Ron DeSantis addressed a joint session of the Florida Legislature to present the State of the State Address to kick off the 2024 Regular Legislative Session in Tallahassee. Legislators also heard...more
Legislature’s Final Stretch - Following its traditional ten-day break, the Legislature is back to complete the final leg of the 2022 session. Both the House and Senate resumed both floor sessions and committee action on...more
Time Marches On - We are two months into session, with merely seven weeks remaining (including a week-long break). After next week, the Legislature will go on break until April 19. When they return, nearly all committee work...more
As you know, the 2020 Regular Session of the West Virginia Legislature commenced on January 8. As of this writing, the House has introduced 903 bills, while the Senate has introduced 467. We will be reporting on and tracking...more
By the end of the 10th day of the 60-day session, the House has introduced 522 bills and the Senate 354. We discuss below a few of those bills and other developments in West Virginia that may interest our readers....more