The Nonpartisan Unicameral Legislature Is Broken

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The 108th Legislature First Session was a hot mess. The fact that three senators could derail the work of 46 others in the nation’s only onehouse, allegedly nonpartisan Legislature, speaks volumes. What went wrong? Most everything that could. There were 17 new senators (two of them who served terms before being re-elected in November). A new Clerk of the Legislature stepped up after two years…

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