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Commentary: Pettifoggery thrives in one-party legislative domination

Critics, particularly Republicans, often complain that Democrats who control the state Legislature yearn to minutely control or heavily tax any human behavior they don’t like. Democratic legislators often seem eager to justify the criticism by passing pettifogging “nanny” bills. But in doing so, they occasionally engender some kickback—adult supervision of a sort—from governors. As he […]