Capitol Update – Nightly During Session – Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Capitol Update is daily review of state government during the Legislative Session. Today’s topics include:

• As the Legislature prepares to vote this week on the 93.2 billion dollar budget, lawmakers are being urged to take precaution – and stay away if they have coronavirus symptoms.
• The Governor continued updates from the Emergency Operations Center – as the number of coronavirus cases increased to more than 300 Wednesday morning.
• Education budget increases including $500 million for teacher pay raises are several reasons why some billed the year 2020 was billed as “The Year of the Teacher”.