Legislature Focuses on Budgets and Reforms

BOONE, Iowa---Senate Minority Leader Jerry Behn says he feels pretty optimistic about the work the legislature is addressing this week.  Behn says conference committees will begin working on balancing the budget and he also expects more work to be done on the three big reform packages, education, mental health and developmental disabilities and property taxes.  Behn says he's not sure what will actually get accomplished on the reform measures, but with any luck, the session could be over in a couple of weeks.