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Well, that was a helluva way to end the spring session. After missing our aspirational adjournment date of the 24th, we adjourned for the holiday weekend with a plan to return for final action on the budget and a handful of unfinished business. We came into session on Tuesday, technically at noon, but really didn’t get going until much later in the afternoon. The plan was to power through to midnight, adjourn, and immediately reconvene for a second day on Wednesday as parliamentary rules required action on two separate legislative days. And that’s what we did, although with a few hiccups related to attendance issues that led to our adjournment around 5 am having barely gotten the budget package through and leaving a few items unfinished such as our bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board and much-needed changes to the cannabis and hemp regulatory frameworks. I issued a couple of statements in the aftermath to give you a sense of what happened. My statement on our failure to address systemic issues at PRB is here. My end-of-session press release is here.
I’m so glad to be back home and right now unpacking 5 months of stuff that’s made its way to the Springfield apartment, facing the judgment of the kitties for my absence, and hopefully getting out into the garden is top of my to-do list for now (at some point the home from college boys will have time to connect too, I’m sure). I’m excited to start to reenter humanity here with a couple of low-key events on the calendar. Tomorrow, I’ll be stopping by the grand opening of our newest social equity cannabis dispensary at Perception Cannabis at 7000 N. Clark.
Sunday is the opening day of the Glenwood Sunday Market. I’ll be there for the ribbon cutting at 9 and look forward to seeing some of my favorite vendors, chatting with neighbors, and picking up some fresh and healthy goodies to make up for the eleventy-billion tons of candy and other crap I spent the last few days absolutely shoveling into my mouth as we all stress ate our way through the last few days of session. This market is truly a treasure and even when I’m not in need of produce, it’s a key touchpoint of my week to wander through and say hi to neighbors and friends.
I will add further updates as it relates to the budget next week.
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