Victor Joecks

It’s the third Friday of the 2017 Legislative Session, and lawmakers are, once again, heading out early. There’s still plenty happening on Day 19.

The solution to the financial difficulties cited by local governments in their campaign to raise your property taxes should be simple.

It’s Day 18 of the 2017 Legislative Session. Lawmakers will consider bills ranging from predatory control tactics to economic development.

It’s Day 17 of the 2017 Legislative Session. After a busy Tuesday, things calm down a bit for Wednesday.

School district officials went before the Legislature’s tax committees last week and cried poverty. Talk about déjà vu all over again.

The third week of the Legislature is rolling along, and it’s already Day 16 of the 2017 Legislative Session. Here’s what to watch for:

It’s the start of the third week of the 2017 Legislative Session, and Day 15 is going to be busy.

It’s Day 12 of the 2017 Legislative Session. It’s the second Friday of the session, and like last Friday, it’ll be a light day for lawmakers.

If you prefer ignorance on policy issues and politicians, do the rest of us a favor: don’t vote.

It’s Day 11 of the 2017 Legislative Session. It’ll be a full day of committee hearings with bills on a wide variety of subjects.

It’s Day 10 of the 2017 Legislative Session. Lawmakers have now introduced over 400 bills. They’re voting bills out of committee and even giving bills floor votes.

Empathy, discussion, debate — even verbal jabs — require that people understand each other.

It’s Valentine’s Day, but don’t expect everything to be roses on Day 9 of the 2017 Legislative Session.

It’s Day 8 of the 2017 Legislative Session, and the start of the second week. Committees are getting into a groove, and lawmakers are working with the Legislative Counsel Bureau to perfect language on bills they want to introduce.