Schoesler: Fiscal reforms needed in spite of positive revenue forecast

The Senate spent Monday and Tuesday wrapping up the voting on bills forwarded by Senate committees. As Senate Republican floor leader, and a member of the Senate Rules Committee (which has final say over which bills land on the voting calendar), I was right in the thick of that, which forced a lighter-than-usual appointment calendar.

Still, there was time this week to meet with community and business leaders from the Tri-Cities (a good amount of the Pasco area is moving into our legislative district) and a few other folks from back home. On Wednesday, the Senate committees began work on bills...