The Governor offered no new plan, but asked the Legislature to come forward with proposals and to pass a new budget by May 1.

Usually, the Legislature does not come back into session until January.

If the Legislature doesn't come back this fall and do it, we'll try to deal with it ourselves.

But the Legislature did not come to an agreement on the governor's plan to allow future conversions.

The state's drug laws are so harsh and so in need of repair that even the Legislature has come close to taking action.

"The Legislature will come to understand that as a practical matter, you can't call it something different and have it be truly equal."

The Legislature in recent weeks has come under investigation by a half dozen district attorneys for possible payroll abuses.

The Legislature and the governor came close to agreeing that the comptroller should establish that estimate.

The Legislature usually comes close to the June 30 deadline for approving the budget, and has missed it three times in the last five years.

"I think that probably after November, after the shareholders have met, the Legislature will come back and deal with the issue," the speaker said.