Matt Maddock

House Republicans are promising to cut what they describe as wasteful spending in the next state budget as they name Appropriations Committee leadership and introduce new “transparency reforms.” Colin Jackson has more.

The current political makeup of the state House is 54 Republicans, 51 Democrats, four vacancies, and one outcast. That’s after GOP state Representative Matt Maddock was expelled from the House Republican caucus. We have more from Rick Pluta.