UPDATE: Prison reform squeaks through

Pub date September 11, 2009
WriterTim Redmond
SectionPolitics Blog

By Tim Redmond

Well, the state Senate just approved the Assembly’s version of a prison reform bill, which is too weak but at least it’s something. It will go back to the Assembly tonight.

By the way, if you want to watch all the end-of-session madness — the bills flying through, the impassioned speeches and the outright nuttery (I was just enjoying the debate in the Assembly over limits on mail-order ammunition — good God, these Republicans are strange), you can get streaming video here.