BOISE (AP) An Idaho Senate panel of lawmakers on Monday approved a new version of a constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Idaho Legislature to call itself into session. The Senate State Affairs Committee voted 5-3 to send the measure to the full Senate. A similar measure passed the House in January with the two-thirds […]
AUSTIN â The Texas Association of Counties held its Counties at the Capitol Legislative Day last week with Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan and state Sen. Bryan Hughes speaking to county officials gathered virtually from around the state.
The event is part of TAC s continuing mission to provide county officials with timely information about legislation that affects county government and connect them with members of the Texas Legislature. Counties at the Capitol underlines TAC s role as a communication and education arm for counties, and as a bridge between county officials and state legislators, TAC executive director Susan M. Redford said. There is strength in numbers, and counties are better when we work together.
BOISE (AP) An Idaho Senate panel of lawmakers on Monday approved a new version of a constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Idaho Legislature to call itself into session. The Senate State Affairs Committee voted 5-3 to send the measure to the full Senate. A similar measure passed the House in January with the two-thirds […]
PIERRE Raises could be on the way for South Dakota s governor and attorney general, among other constitutional office holders.
Lawmakers are advancing legislation that would override the annual cost of living adjustment that Gov. Kristi Noem, Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg and the commissioner of Schools and Public Lands have enjoyed since each took office. Instead, it would bring their salaries more in line with what backers of the plan say is the norm for similar offices and job duties in other states and the private sector.
But some say the timing and optics of giving raises to public officials is poor, given the controversy swirling around the attorney general s office and the criticism the governor faces for her recent campaign travel, which she s parlayed into a seven-figure campaign war chest.