The official budget proposals from both chambers have been formally presented to the respective Appropriations Committees. The intensity of the session is now in high gear. The Appropriations Committees (Budget) overwhelming approved their proposals and the bills will be sent …
Continue ReadingWe have reached the point in the Legislative Session when you need to be able to articulate your point on a subject in under 60 seconds. A long meeting with a legislator is five minutes... ten if you are a …
Continue ReadingWhite House Immigration Roundtable; Permanent Reauthorization of 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund; Protect and Serve Act Reintroduced; Equal Access to Overtime for Law Enforcement; NAPO on the Hill; Legislative Positions & Sponsor/Cosponsor Updates; NAPO’s 2019 Lobby Day NAPO Participates in White …
Continue ReadingAs part of our continuing efforts to make sure that the voice of rank-and-file law enforcement is heard wherever decisions are being made that affect our safety and working conditions, NAPO President Mick McHale and Executive Director Bill Johnson met …
Continue ReadingTwo years ago (right after passage of the omnibus pension bill), a fellow labor friend and I were discussing what the changes in the bill meant to the larger scheme of things. Specifically, we wondered if exempting newly hired special …
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