Discussions Continue.  The conference committee finally completed a review of both bills and discussed issues relating to the higher education and corrections budgets in question-and-answer sessions with the state agencies the oversee those particular operations of state government.  It's unclear if and when the conference committee will reconvene tomorrow and what subjects they will tackle in the event that they do.

In the meantime, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers sum it up better than just about anyone when describing the life of a lobbyist at this juncture of the legislative session.

Yes, the waiting is the hardest part.