Measures moving, dying at fast pace

Let them eat Smith Island cake and let them continue to carry it home from the store in plastic bags, along with their Hard Lemonade and Smirnoff Ice, still at the low price of beer.

With three weeks left in the session, bills, alive and dead, are coming fast and furious out of House and Senate committees as they face key deadlines for action. Any bills expected to pass by April 7 are supposed to be reported out of committee by today and get passed and sent to the opposite chamber next week.