Posts by El Somnambulo

Dispatcher: "Adam-12, Adam-12, we have a Gold Alert on SB 147 and SB 148. Both have gone missing and have been unaccounted for for at least 48 hours. Please respond."…

Pretty much every bill we discussed yesterday passed yesterday.  The one exception, HB 122 (Heffernan), which would require that persons with disabilities be paid a minimum wage, is at the…

Five more days. Lots of unfinished business.  Some, like the Budget Bill, will likely get done as early as today.  But where's the urgency on marijuana legalization (HB 150), policing…

A great day--a GREAT day, in the State Senate yesterday.  Dave Sokola and the merry band of progressives there--RULE. So many great bills passed yesterday that it's hard to know…

Let's start with some good news, sorta.  SB 15, the minimum wage increase legislation, is on Thursday's House Agenda.  However, it's a long Agenda, SB 15 is at the bottom…

Today's the day that marijuana legalization comes to the House floor.  It's likely to be a lo-o-o-ng day. After all, it's a lo-o-o-ng bill.  HB 150 (Osienski) already has ten…

Pity The Poor Rethuglican.  A couple of years ago, Speaker Pete cut a deal with them rather than work with his own caucus. The result? A special 'training wage' and…