Chuck Brackney, Jason Gelender, Tom Morris, John Kilgour, Richard Sweetman, Brita Darling, and Julie Pelegrin contributed to this article

After interim committees were suspended during the 2010 interim for budget reasons, the statutory interim committees — transportation, water, police and firefighters’ pension reform, and early childhood and school readiness — and a few newcomers came roaring back for the 2011 interim. Here’s a brief summary of the committee bills that each of the interim committees will introduce during the 2012 regular legislative session. (more…)