WHAT HAPPENED: The Sept. 11 veto override vote in the House
continued rippling out with disputes between caucus leaders in the General Assembly, but it was a pretty light week in legislative business for cities and towns.
WHAT IT MEANS: Overall, downtime was the plan, as we
reported last week. Chamber leaders had cited the strenuous workload on lawmakers recently, with big items like redistricting to address, and the need for some bench time.
ON TAP: A little more. Votes aren't scheduled in either chamber for Monday, the Insider State Government News Service points out. On Tuesday, a
new legislator will be sworn-in: Perrin Jones, an anesthesiologist taking over the District 9 seat in the state House following former seat-holder Greg Murphy's
transition to Congress.
THE SKINNY: While it was a lighter week in our corner, we've had the chance to look back at what's happened over the course of the 2019 long session of the General Assembly in
our recently released End-of-Session Bulletin, a robust document capturing all the legislation (so far) of interest to cities and towns. We'll update it when lawmakers gavel out for the year. One thing still outstanding: a complete state budget. Read on for more news of interest to cities and towns.