To do all that extra work, Albany's legislators apparently need a lot of people - more than any other state legislature in the country.

Instead of the usual dodge, legislators need to aim straight at their problem.

The legislators need to look skeptically at the contractors' job claims.

The legislators need to provide more than the lip service they've given to statehood in recent years.

What do legislators need when they first come to Lansing?

But the legislators don't need any persuasion, it seems.

These are legislative problems and therefore legislators need to be present.

In Texas, a legislator need not be in the majority party to head a committee.

Every legislator needs to start pushing to bring this one to final passage.

"From now on legislators will need to analyze the costs of a bill in a public forum and who is going to pay for it."