Subcommittee work in the senate has been completed and the 2017/18 general appropriation budget is now in front of the full finance committee. I have recently moved to the finance committee having served on the senate judiciary committee for the last four years. According to the records reviewed, this marks the first time a resident Dorchester County senator has served on this influential committee.
This week, the Senate will begin debate in hopes of reaching an agreement on the long overdue solution to fix our state’s crumbling roads. My position has been clear from the start, the best way to accomplish this is to ensure dedicated funding is in place so that the private sector can be quickly mobilized to get the job done.
We are a little more than a month into the 2017-18 Legislative Session and many of the issues that were not appropriately dealt with last session remain as top priority. Here's some of what's going on...
If there is ever an issue that unites us all, it is our frustration with our crumbling and congested road network. Over the last four years, much of my time in the General Assembly has been spent studying the problem and developing a solution. Due to the sheer scope of the crisis
If you are a regular reader of my updates you probably feel like you are in Groundhog Day when I, yet again, describe our attempts to fix our crumbling roads. In my last update I told you of the Senate's package which was agreed to and returned to the House of Representatives for their vote.