1/13/11 - Livingston County’s three legislators have been sworn in and they’ll have full plates this term. State Representatives Bill Rogers and Cindy Denby of Handy Township along with Senator Joe Hune of Hamburg Township were all sworn in Wednesday as part of the 96th Legislature. Rogers, a Genoa Township Republican, was assigned to serve as chair of the Department of Education and School Aid Appropriation Subcommittees; vice chair of the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth Appropriations Subcommittee and will also serve on the Corrections, Military and Veterans Affairs and State Police Appropriation Committees. Rogers says he was pretty surprised at the number of committee assignments he received and noted that some of those will be pretty tough budgets. Denby will serve as Vice Chair of the Agriculture Committee while also serving on the Commerce, Insurance, and Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committees. Denby says "she’s looking forward to advocating for agriculture programs that are essential to revitalizing our economy". Hune will chair the Senate’s Agriculture, Insurance and Redistricting Committees. He’ll also sit on the Health Policy and Regulatory Reform Committees. (JM)