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The 114th Tennessee General Assembly concluded its first regular session on April 22, making it one of the most fast-paced sessions in recent years. Despite this compressed timeline, our government relations team successfully...more
Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Proposal to Focus on Education, Transportation, Fiscal Responsibility- Governor Josh Shapiro's upcoming budget proposal is expected to prioritize increased funding for the state’s poorest public...more
Wyoming’s 67th Legislative Session begins on Jan. 14. The Wyoming Legislature alternates between a 40-day General Session in odd-numbered years and a 20-day Budget Session in even-numbered years. The bodies will hold opening...more
In last week’s State of the State address, New York Governor Kathy Hochul previewed the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment (“RAPID”) Act – a proposal to streamline and expedite the siting and...more
As we reach the midpoint of the 2020 Utah Legislative Session, the state budget has emerged as this year’s theme. In early December 2019, the Legislature met in a Special Session to pass comprehensive tax reform that included...more
With the start of a new decade, our team wants to share an overview of the past year and a look ahead to the coming months. Please find here a review of relevant legislation that the General Assembly passed in 2019, a summary...more
In November, Democrats won control of the House of Delegates and kept control over the Commonwealth’s Senate. Now, Democrats control both the Executive and Legislative branches of government in the Commonwealth of Virginia....more
This week at the General Assembly, Legislators passed bills redrawing State Legislative district maps and took action on some mini-budget bills. They have left Raleigh and are expected to return for voting sessions the week...more
Promising a veto of the just-passed budget and tax bills, Gov. Phil Scott has called lawmakers back to the Statehouse for a planned three-day Special Session starting May 23....more
Throughout Connecticut’s legislative session, these updates highlight developments concerning environmental law and policy. The author prepares updates as Legislative Liaison of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Environmental...more
...Today was yet another day of teachers showing up in large numbers voicing their opposition and concern about the PEIA and teachers pay proposals. Worth noting, last Sunday representatives of the county affiliates of the...more
The merger between the Department of Labor and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development as proposed by the Scott Administration is off the table, but work that was spawned by consideration of the idea has gathered...more
Brief History of Special Sessions - In odd numbered years, after the North Carolina General Assembly adjourns its Long Session, the body typically abstains from lawmaking through the commencement of the Short Session the...more
Minnesota lawmakers used every last minute available to them to try and complete their work prior to the deadline for the 2017 legislative session, but it was not enough time. At 12:01 a.m. early last Tuesday morning,...more
Senate Money Panel Passes Budget Bill - On a vote of 7-0, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed a $5.8 billion budget on Friday that closes a $72 million projected gap between revenues and expenditures in the 2018...more
Last Week - It appears that House and Senate leadership will keep their word on adjourning before the 4th of July, with leadership of the two chambers apparently agreeing to a budget over the weekend. The Senate worked...more
Budget negotiations continued behind closed doors this week, with Speaker Tim Moore and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Phil Berger, working to resolve the final differences between the two chambers’ spending...more