The impasse inside the state Capitol seems so intense that while the situation is probably one of chaos, it's led some to begin to chart some interesting conspiracies.

On this week's Capital Notes Podcast, we backtrack a bit to examine what's happened these last 10 days, from the blown fiscal year deadline to why even mathematical formulas are bendable by politics.

Capitol Weekly's Anthony York and I also discuss the very real sense that things are getting ever more... stuck... in resolving the state's multi-billion dollar deficit.

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