The House and Senate will continue their annual two-week break. The next scheduled session day is Tuesday, April 9 for the Senate and Wednesday, April 10 for the House.

Senate Moves Earmark Reforms
This week, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported two bills making changes to legislatively directed spending items (LDSIs). Commonly referred to as earmarks, the legislation creates a definition of LDSI in state law and sets up a system for how they will be...