Legislative Commentary: Jan. 24, 2019

Dear Friends,

It’s customary for me, as leader of one of the four legislative caucuses, to do a round of media interviews on the opening day of a legislative session. You never know exactly what the questions will be, but my interview with the TVW public-affairs network in the Rotunda (click here or on either photo to watch) was fairly typical, going something like this:

-What are the Senate Republican Caucus priorities this year? Our list includes improvements to mental-health services (which does not automatically mean building a new state psychiatric hospital) and increasing access to affor...