Majority leader is expected to succeed current Speaker Dan Rayfield at the close of the 2024 session, which ends March 10; Rayfield is running for attorney general.
Pete Grabiel offers experience in negotiating global climate change, representing family firm in multimillion-dollar verdict against a global accounting firm.
Figure is improved over a loss in 2022, but contribution rates by state and local governments are still expected to rise for the next two-year cycle in 2025-27.
Director confirms vendor error for some forms related to unemployment benefits; a separate error was made for paid-leave benefits for those who asked for taxes to be withheld.
Governor says full Legislature should weigh in during 2025 session as she halts current efforts by transportation agency and commission spawned by a 2017 law.