Email Updates

It is day 26 of the first 30-day special session of 2012—the third special session of the biennium and the fifth in the past two years. Some of us have... ...

April 6, 2012

We are now into the 26th day of the constitutionally-allowed 30-day special session. All the members were called back into town on Wednesday for committee hearings and floor action. At the...

April 6, 2012

We’re in the final week of the 30-day special session.  Despite no budget agreement in sight between the majority party in the House and the bipartisan philosophical majority in the... ...

April 5, 2012

Today marks the 23rd day that the Legislature has been in special session. I thought it would be good to bring you up to date at this time on the... ...

April 3, 2012

I want to thank all of you who were able to participate in the telephone town hall Rep. Mike Armstrong and I held last Thursday. The participation was great. We... ...

March 22, 2012

BUDGET AND SPECIAL SESSION UPDATE A special session is into its second week following adjournment of the regular session March 8 in which the Legislature failed to approve supplemental operating... ...

March 21, 2012

Telephone Town Hall – TONIGHT – Thursday (March 15) Rep. Mike Armstrong and I are having a telephone town hall meeting tonight since we were unable to join Sen. Linda... ...

March 15, 2012

The 60-day 2012 Legislature has adjourned, but because lawmakers did not finish their work on time, we’re heading to a special session. It looks like this will be a “rolling”... ...

March 12, 2012

It’s official. The 2012 Legislature did not get its work done on time and we’re heading to a special session. Anybody else getting tired of the never-ending budget shortfalls and... ...

March 9, 2012

Yesterday was sine die, which means the last day of the 2012 regular session. However, once again we are going to have a special session, which starts Monday. This will... ...

March 9, 2012