UNI Legislative Update
The Office of Governmental Relations provides legislative updates to the campus community through online communication and bimonthly campus presentations. These updates will inform faculty, staff and students of hot topics facing the legislature and legislative actions affecting UNI and the Regents institutions.
April 25, 2008
Legislature may adjourn today
By Courier Des Moines Bureau
DES MOINES --- Leaders of the Iowa Legislature are optimistic they can wrap up the 2008 legislation and head home for the year today (Friday) after putting the finishing touches on the state budget.
Lawmakers went into overtime after extending the session past Tuesday, the 100th day of the session and the scheduled end.
Debate has stretched into the late evening and sometimes the wee morning hours this week in the push to adjourn by Friday.
"We're making good progress," House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, D-Des Moines said Thursday evening. "We still have a lot to do. There's still a tremendous amount of paperwork and behind the scenes work that our staff is doing, and that takes a lot of time."