There鈥檚 about a month left for legislators to get anything done before the new year. As Statehouse correspondent Andy Chow reports, there鈥檚 one issue that the top Senate leader specifically wants to move forward in that time.
Senate President Larry Obhof says it鈥檚 time to pass a bill that reforms the state鈥檚 unemployment compensation program.
The House and Senate have been trying to work up a plan that would bring the fund that the state uses to pay jobless benefits to solvency. And while Obhof acknowledges it鈥檚 a polarizing issue, he says it鈥檚 time to get it moving.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 something that鈥檚 been around for more than a decade that continually gets punted from one General Assembly to the next," Obhof said. "I think this is something that we need a long term solution to.鈥�
Right now there鈥檚 a bill in the House but both labor and business have their qualms with the proposal.
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