Smith Hill Report, 3-24-16

  March 24, 2016 Guns in Schools The hallways of the Statehouse were pack on Tuesday, March 22nd as the House Judiciary Committee heard a number of bills related to guns. RIFTHP President Frank Flynn provided written testimony in support…

AFT’s Weingarten on Supreme Court Nomination: ‘Do. Your. Job.’

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Statement from AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Senate’s responsibility to consider President Obama’s nomination for the Supreme Court: “Today, after a careful and deliberate process, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland—chief justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…

Smith Hill Report, March 2016

March 7, 2016 State Testing Program The House HEW heard testimony on Wednesday, March 2 related to the creation of a statewide student testing program. Representative Joe McNamara, who is Chairperson of House HEW, introduced the bill  H7131 that would…