2013-15 Budget: From 'light years apart' to light speed legislative action

By the time you read this the Legislature will have likely already approved the 482 page 2013-15 operating budget first publicly released around 12:56 a.m. this morning. Don't feel bad if you haven't had a chance to read it; you're in good company. It's doubtful many lawmakers have either. The disappointingly opaque process aside, here as some of the tidbits I've been able to pull from the budget thus far . . . READ MORE