We’ve now entered the fourth week of the special legislative session. Negotiations continue between the House, Senate, and the governor’s office. Trying to fill our budget shortfall is not an easy task. We have to find an agreement which will help meet our budgetary needs and be agreeable to all the parties involved.

The reason we are currently in a special session is that the majority of the legislators are not satisfied with just making further cuts to state agencies and going home. Up to this point we have been able to tighten our budgetary belts without hurting the ability of these agencie...