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The Legislature adjourned on Wednesday, Dec. 14, barely half-way through the 30-day special session.  While I’m disappointed that we were unable to arrive at a consensus on how to solve... ...

The Legislature passed a “partial budget solution” this week and has adjourned until the 2012 regular session which begins in January.  While I’m frustrated that the Legislature was unable to... ...

Operating budget The special session ended yesterday, after state lawmakers finally reached an agreement on $479 million in spending reductions. The newspapers will call these reductions, “cuts.” In actuality, once... ...

Following the governor’s budget proposal that was released just before Thanksgiving, there’s been growing concern about how her planned spending reductions would affect rural hospitals across the state, as well... ...

Another week has passed in Olympia with little progress on the budget. Prospects for resolving our state’s entire $2 billion shortfall during the special session have diminished. Much of the... ...

The second special session of 2011 began Nov. 28, and is schedule to last 30 days.  The governor announced the special session on Sept. 22.  The $32.4 billion budget passed... ...

Legislative News I was recently appointed to the Joint Oversight Committee on Trade Policy. It is an honor to be one of the few Republicans invited to work on these... ...

While we continue to seek solutions to our state’s projected budget shortfall it is important to keep in mind that state revenues are on pace to grow 6.9 percent more... ...

Reps. Ed Orcutt and Ann Rivers invite constituents to telephone town hall meeting on Dec. 7   Please join Rep. Ann Rivers and I for our 18th District telephone town... ...

In the first week of the special session, we held several hearings on the governor’s budget proposal in the House Ways and Means Committee. Many have said it does not... ...