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Advocacy Updates
Updates on advocacy efforts that OSCC is involved inMonday, March 18, 2019This is the week that Senate President Peter Courtney is slated to return to the legislature from his 10-day 'medical leave.' Many have speculated that President Courtney will take the opportunity to step away from leadership and the legislature, but we have no reason to believe this is the case. We expect him to return. Read moreThursday, March 14, 2019We want to update you on the tax discussions that are taking place now. The Joint Student Success Committee (Revenue Subcommittee) is considering various options to raise $2 billion per biennium from the business community for K-12 and other education initiatives. Read moreMonday, March 11, 2019What a week! First off, Senate President Peter Courtney takes a 10-day 'medical leave' to deal with the stress of the session and its impact on his Grave's Disease. There is wide speculation that he may not return. We aren't able to separate fact from fiction at this point, so our assumption is that he will return. If he does not return, the trajectory of the session and the Democrats' ability to pass major progressive legislative priorities is certainly imperiled. Read moreMonday, March 4, 2019The legislature continues to be a very tumultuous and uncertain place. The Senate is currently mired in a leadership struggle as a handful of progressive Democrats and some Republicans are looking to topple Senate President Peter Courtney. This leadership struggle is taking up precious bandwidth in the Senate and is bogging down the process as Senators are more focused on the leadership issues than anything else. Read moreWednesday, February 27, 2019Mid-Week Legislative Update for February 27, 2019 Read moreMonday, February 25, 2019The legislature is a very tumultuous and uncertain place right now. The issues of workplace harassment and a constant string of lawsuits and news stories targeting legislative leadership for inadequately addressing sexual harassment complaints is taking a toll. People are on edge. Read moreTuesday, February 19, 2019Some important developments happening now: Read moreMonday, February 18, 2019We have now completed four weeks of the 2019 legislative session. No deadlines are imminent. Committees have a full two months to work on current legislation. New bills continue to dribble out at a very slow pace - about 1,800 pieces of legislation have been introduced so far. Read moreMonday, February 11, 2019We have now completed three weeks of the 2019 legislative session. The upcoming week appears to be an abbreviated week with several committees being cancelled or otherwise not scheduled to meet this week. Read moreMonday, February 4, 2019Week 2 is of the 2019 legislature is in the books. Read more