Update from Senator Jacobson

This past Friday marked Day 60 of the first session of the 109th Legislature. The last of the non-priority bills are finishing their way through the process, and attention has largely turned to priority bills.

Pieces of Me

Those of us who are fortunate enough to raise our kids at or near where we ourselves grew up, have full circle moments often.Sitting at the school cafeteria tables, this time as an adult eating lunch with your own kid.

Dave Says

Dear Dave, I’m 26, so I haven’t had time to accumulate a lot of money yet through my career. I do have a good, full-time job, though, and have started saving money. Do I need a will or trust when I’m so young and have so little in terms of assets?

Pieces of Me

Last week as I was cleaning our bathrooms, I got on a tangent of scrubbing off the water/soap stain that had appeared on our main bathroom sink drain stopper after we did dishes in that sink for four months during our kitchen remodel.

Update from Senator Jacobson

The Speaker announced this week that he intends to keep bills moving that have made it to Select File, but will only schedule priority bills for General File debate.

Dave Says

Dear Dave, My wife and I are going through a divorce, and she just had our first child. Under the circumstances, I feel it’s my responsibility to take care of her for a while longer, and to put her and our son in a safe, new vehicle.

Update from Senator Jacobson

Now that committee hearings have ended, all-day floor debate begins. It is likely that several bills will be filibustered, but all-day floor debate will allow General File filibusters to take place in just over one day as opposed to taking nearly a full week.

Pieces of Me

This is the year that several of my friends and I turn 40.Some of those friends and I were able to squeeze in a long lunch over the weekend to catch up as much as we possibly could in a few hours and aging definitely came up.

Dave Says

Dear Dave,My wife and I started out broke when we married.Since then, we’ve been very blessed in our work and investments.We’re currently looking at retiring early in a few years, with a nest egg of somewhere between $8 million and $12 million.

Update from Senator Jacobson

As committee hearings come to an end, the Legislature will move to all-day floor debate after this week. The first half of the legislative session has proven to be fairly productive if you measure the session by number of bills passed and progress of bills advanced from committee.