She also provides information and technical assistance upon request to legislators, legislative staff, state agency staff, as well as consumers and families on mental health topics.
With the politicians struggling to resolve a $1 billion budget shortfall, the state government paid more than $600,000 in legal fees this year to lawyers representing legislators and members of legislative staff.
This paper brings together these areas of research on bias and accuracy in the study of a moderate sized legislative political network involving legislators, agency heads, lobbyists, industry representatives, and agency and legislative staff.
"You know what?" one legislative staff member said last week, bristling at the governor's scathing condemnations.
About 35 other states have similar laws, according to legislative staff members.
Texas also has a large legislative staff relative to other states, Mr. Weberg of the legislatures conference said.
A report by legislative staff recommended improvements to the agency — including increased oversight and better coordination across the state.
He said members of his Albany legislative staff often used the same hotel when they visit the city.
Recent months have brought the disclosure of pay raises to hundreds of legislative staff members, many already making six figures.
In the summer of 2006, Burr instructed his legislative staff to figure out what was wrong in the countermeasure program.
Mr. Saland also said that on his legislative staff of 10 people, all are women except one.
