...will wait until the final decision on certification is made by the lieutenant governor. This will not prevent individual legislators from introducing bills to reestablish the program, said Austerman, the Majority Leader in the House. Under...

...with the initiative he helped sponsor. "We probably should have put a limit on the number of bills that each individual legislator can introduce," he said. The quantity of work being demanded of staff and legislators hasn't decreased as...

...early fall to come to agreement on the top priorities. "The reality is the smaller the list, the more the individual legislators will be able to focus on them and address those needs," Sprague said.

...constraint could make in-depth budget deliberations problematic, Chenault noted. "It takes time for each individual legislator to look at what is in the budget, convey the issues to constituents, and try to get feedback," he said...