Next week: Fixer-uppers coming back for a second look

We're getting to the point in the session where bills that need to move but have stalled are being gutted or are undergoing big amendments to make them palatable enough to pass. The Department of Correction bill to overhaul the lethal injection statute failed in a Senate committee this week, and Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is now getting involved to make the process more transparent in an effort to appease Sens. Luker, Thompson and Wilkins. The bill would still have to work its way through the Senate and back to the House, meaning that it may take until April 8 -- the day before the scheduled adjournment -- to get to the governor's desk if everything works out the way it should. Expect similar revisions to other stalled bills.