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Vermont lawmakers return to Montpelier tomorrow for the start of the legislative session and money, nuclear power and politics look like the top issues 2010.

DES MOINES - The suggestion election-year politics will colorthe 2010 legislative session elicits a wry response from SenateMinority Leader Paul McKinley.

DES MOINES — The suggestion election-year politics will colorthe 2010 legislative session elicits a wry response from SenateMinority Leader Paul McKinley.

DES MOINES — The suggestion that election-year politics will color the 2010 legislative session elicits a wry response from Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley.

DES MOINES — The suggestion that election-year politics will color the 2010 legislative session elicits a wry response from Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley.

DES MOINES — The suggestion that election-year politics will color the 2010 legislative session elicits a wry response from Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley.

It is said that politics make strange bedfellows. This certainly is the case as we start the budget process in the new legislative session. When the governor unveiled his 2011 budget last week, he said that there was “no crisis” in state finances.

Bloggers from the Register’s Iowa Politics Insider will share their opinions about the opening of the legislative session in a live chat at noon today.

RICHMOND -- The Virginia General Assembly adjourned its annual legislative session Sunday evening after adopting a two-year, $82 billion budget that cuts millions from education, health care and public safety -- curtailing state spending more aggressively than any in generations while fulfilling the...