State committee investigates professional license delays, inefficiency

Business owners and professionals across the state are frustrated by the lack of efficiency when applying for professional licenses. This summer, state legislators have decided to dig deep to find the necessary solutions.

State legislators this week held the inaugural meeting of a joint blue-ribbon committee to investigate problems within the Secretary of State’s Professional Licensing Boards Division.

In May, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and House Speaker Jon Burns announced the appointment of the committee...