Legislative update

Monday, March 22nd House Bill 2, the main budget bill for the coming biennium, was presented out of Appropriations on the Floor for the body as-a-whole to consider. The chairs of the five appropriations subcommittees took turns presenting their portion of the budget. Representative Ken Holmlund did a fine job presenting for Section C, Natural Resources and Transportation. This is the subcommittee that I had the opportunity to serve on. This process took most of the day Monday before the budget was voted on and approved by a 67-33 party-line vote. This was the first time in anyone's memory that...