Hanaway Optimistic About Prospects For Foster Care Bill

House Speaker Catherine Hanaway remains confident the Legislature will pass a foster care bill and address the problems disclosed after the death of 2-year-old Dominic James. James died will in the care of state approved foster parents. The legislature responded with...

Governor Stands By Decision To Withhold Funds

Governor Bob Holden stands by his decision to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding to schools and several other state programs nearly a year ago. At the time, he called Republican estimates of five percent revenue growth too optimistic. Those...

Holden Releases Remainder Of Withheld Money

Governor Bob Holden has released $43-Million in state funding to 13 agencies he had withheld since last July. The money goes to a variety of state services including sheltered workshops, firefighter training schools, veterans’ homes, and others. In a news...