A desperately needed increase in developmental funding will pivot on whether it can attract one “aye” vote on Thursday from a Republican member of the state Senate.
Any Senate Republican will do. Will it be Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Roseville, or Sen. Jeff Stone, R-Murrieta, who co-authored a bill that would have provided the 10 percent across-the-board state reimbursement increase that the Lanterman Coalition — and this editorial board — have been advocating? Read more.