The biggest obstacle toward a Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 budget deal has been cleared, meaning lawmakers are prepared to wrap up the final pieces of the budget before leaving tonight.
A tentative deal that clears up on-going problems between the Legislature and the Governor's office on the placement of foster children and troubled youth to non-profit homes as opposed to state-run facilities was struck Senate and administrative sources have confirmed.
No details about that yet. The AP has a breakdown of everything that has been done so far, and they will be meeting tonight to wrap things up.
Finally!
Told you they wanted to go trick-or-treating. Do I know these guys or what?