Summary
In an unprecedented move, GOP legislative leaders are lumping together two groups of the most important bills to be heard in this year's Legislature --public education and taxes.
While it is not uncommon for legislators to run "omnibus" bills that capture disparate elements of a topic, it is almost unheard of for multiple individual bills -- including some previously defeated in the current general session -- to be bundled together into one bill. This year's session ends Wednesday at midnight.See the full content of this document
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Education, Tax Measures Combined
Monday night, it was not immediately certain if the tax or education omnibus bill would contain an extra $25 million in one- time money GOP leaders want to use for new teacher bonuses and bonuses based on teacher performance, details of which also were released Monday. The primary hurdle for House and Se...
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