Legislature readies for fast paced session and budget decisions

Budget session, Representative John Eklund says, it is a fast paced session. It is a faster moving session in the biennium and he prefers a slower pace.

"It is really hard to break away from the budget and there is a lot on the floor to decide," Eklund says. Sixty-seven bills are starting on the house side with 70 making their way through the Senate side of the capitol.

"I am trying a bill that will put responsibility for determining school safety for firearms with the school boards," Eklund explained. "LCSD 2 doesn't have resource officers. This would help those districts without officer...