Statehouse Update
I’m at the statehouse and this is what I’m hearing or seeing so far…
- Lawmakers are still wrangling over education and unemployment. I hear Democrats are willing to take a two-year delay in the tax increase if Republicans will give in on more flexibility for schools to move money around in their budgets.
- The House passed a bill allowing employees to bring their guns to work in their vehicles. Watch for litigation to fly with this one.
- Although everyone is hailing the ethics bill passed, I haven’t spoken to one person either inside or outside the House and Senate chambers who thinks it will make a difference. Also the provision that would ban lawmakers from becoming lobbyists unless they sit out a year doesn’t go into effect until Jan 1, 2012. That gives anyone who loses in the 2010 election plenty of time to find another job.
- I’m still hearing lawmakers may not adjourn until tomorrow.
That is all.
