Final budget deal: sound and fury but little change
Following contentious negotiations, the Legislature sent a budget to Gov. Mark Gordon that was pretty close to where it began.
Eli Bebout
Senate proposes business-heavy school-review committee
The House and Senate are fighting about education’s budget — again — and the creation of an “advisory committee” has become the latest front.
Critic skeptical of senator’s motive in correcting DEQ letter
Bebout says the letter about Moneta Divide gas- and oilfield “was sent by my secretary and contained misinformation and I corrected her.”
Rumors, exuberance, jousting mark advance of land deal bills
As measures empowering Gov. Mark Gordon to negotiate what might be $1B acquisition progress divisions emerge among politicos jostling for control over the purchasing process and even the eventual management of lands
State could spend hundreds of millions on Occidental land
Massive land, minerals purchase could dip deep into the state’s savings funds; proponents say it would bring much-needed revenues, but belt-tightening first.
