This is the final legislative report for the 2012 session! I am sure most of you will be disappointed. The rest of you that regularly deleted the report, well, there will be less during the summer.
The biggest news of the session is the fact tha...
Good afternoon HBA Members!
Hope everyone is planning on a fun and enjoyable Memorial Weekend. I guess this means it is officially summer!
It also means the legislature is done with their work this session. Today, May 25, is the last day of ses...
Today's Call to Action is a little different. It is targeting some specific legislators whether or not you live in their district.
Yesterday the Conference Committee on Natural Resources failed to sign out our "takings" bill - HB 2836. Quite frankl...
Well, last week was not a good for one of our bills. It appears that the bureaucrats got one up on us.
HB 2659 was a bill dealing with penalties that cities had to pay if they remitted their fees late to the Uniform Building Code Commission (UBCC)....
Rep. Frank Lucas
Congressman Frank Lucas brought to the state home builders' recent meeting a message from "The Temple of Honesty" as he poked fun at D.C.
The greatest challenge at Capitol Hill is the 53-47 split in the Senate for this reaso...
Things were fairly quiet at the Capitol this week. First order of business is to either accept or reject the latest amendments. Most of them were rejected sending bills to conference committee. There were a few notable exceptions.
HB 2155 - the opt...