Legislation to require real estate sales prices to be disclosed to county assessors, so they can accurately calculate taxable market values instead of just guessing, cleared a Senate committee today after nearly two decades of unsuccessful tries. The bipartisan bill wouldn’t make that information public…
Here’s proof that this year’s legislative session really did start off quicker and accomplish more in its earlier weeks than usual: More bills have passed both houses than at this point in the last five sessions (32); more have passed the Senate and are awaiting…
After hours of impassioned testimony that stretched over two days of hearings, the Senate State Affairs Committee has voted 5-4 against SB 1367, the bill to divest state retirement fund assets from companies doing business with Sudan because of the genocide in the Darfur region.…
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