That admission prompted the legislature to create the impeachment committee.

At the conclusion of the trial, the suggestion of an impeachment committee surfaced once again.

Nixon challenged the use of an impeachment committee on constitutional grounds.

The matter could be decided by the State Supreme Court, possibly after the impeachment committee has made its recommendation.

Several senior lawmakers are serving on the impeachment committee, which was formally created last week and has already begun meeting.

This week the impeachment committee delayed the start of its public hearings by one day, to June 8.

The impeachment committee is the first for a governor in state history.

Lawyers for the impeachment committee have stressed that its investigation is a political proceeding, not a criminal one.

It was the same day that a legislative impeachment committee was to begin exploring the training school issue.

As the business of the legislature has fallen into place, the work of the impeachment committee also appears to have found a groove.