Working Until After the Cows Come Home While the Clock is Ticking

On Tuesday, the legislative session is expected to carry on until early in the morning. The reason is that if the legislature continues for an additional “legislative day” they will then allow the Governor to have 14 days to act upon legislation rather...

Applying Pressure

By statute, the legislature is allowed to be in session for 120 legislative days each biennium. The definition of a legislative day is when either body meets. Historically, the session lengths were 100 days in 1991-92, 106 days in 1993-94, 113 days in 1995-96 and 109...