Budgets, energy and scholarships take center stage

Budgets, energy and scholarships take center stage
The Legislature has hit the session's final third, and certain bills are starting to move pretty fast.
The House and Senate are each convening every day to move those bills that committees have vetted. And of course, the operating and capital budgets are taking priority. Senate Finance holds both - the operating budget passed over from the House, and the capital budget yet to go to the House.
Most of the bills moving are energy-related. Senate Finance is expected to take up the gas tax this week, and various proposals to change the oil tax, ACES, are being heard. Plans to shift instate natural gas pipeline planning from the administration are trotting along in both bodies...
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