2016 Legislative Session

The Statehouse Podcast for February 2nd, 2016 includes coverage of legislation on education funding, hemp, and vehicular homicide.

One vote on the House floor Thursday killed a sales tax increase that supports teacher pay. A tax hike requires a super-majority, so the bill needed…

A panel of state legislators has turned down a bill to legalize industrial hemp. The bill passed the house by a large majority, but hit a wall in its…

The Senate Judiciary has approved a bill that adds the charge of aggravated vehicular homicide to state statute. It also categorizes the existing crime of…

As a bill to increase the sales tax to benefit teacher pay trudges through the Statehouse, some Republican lawmakers are floating an alternative plan that…

The Statehouse Podcast for February 17th, 2016 includes coverage of bills on medical marijuana, birth certificate sex identification and transgender…

A Republican leader says lawmakers working to raise teacher pay have a major concern: accountability. Republicans – and Democrats at the Statehouse want…

UPDATE: One of the measures dealing with transgender people is dead in the state legislature. House Bill 12-09 requires the state and other entities to…

A measure known as the transgender bathroom bill is on its way to the governor’s desk. House Bill 1008 survived the State Senate on Tuesday. Fifteen…

The State House podcast for Tuesday February 16th, 2016 includes coverage of legislation on regulations of transgender bathrooms and locker rooms in…