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• Budget compromise draws criticism from Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life
  Republican legislative leaders are in hot water with Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life after agreeing to drop several abortion and human cloning bans.July 15, 2011
• GOP leaders confident they have support for budget
  Republican leaders of the Legislature are confident they have the votes to pass the bills that make up the budget framework they and Gov. Mark Dayton agreed to on Thursday.July 15, 2011
• Gov. Mark Dayton on the budget deal
  DFL Gov. Mark Dayton made the move that will likely end the state government shutdown by accepting a Republican budget offer -- with a few new conditions -- that he had initially rejected two weeks ago.Midday, July 15, 2011
• Short-term fixes end budget stalemate
  DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders are moving forward on a budget framework that relies heavily on one-time money and pushes a big part of the budget problem into the future.Midday, July 15, 2011
• Deal at a glance
  Here's a look at the key items in the June 30 proposal that forms the basis of Thursday's initial agreement to end the shutdown and close a $1.4 million gap between parties' budget proposals.July 15, 2011
• State employees ready to get back to work, but concerned about deal
  State employees should be able to return to their jobs within days, but they are concerned about what the budget agreement means for them.July 15, 2011
• Business owners eager to see end of shutdown
  Businesses owners affected by the state government shutdown are relieved that a budget deal could be within sight.July 15, 2011
• Leaders now tasked with writing, passing budget
  With Minnesota's government impasse close to over, Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP legislative leaders are tasked with writing budget bills and passing them in a special legislative session.July 15, 2011
• Budget compromise reached; ends 15-day shutdown
  Although DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders have agreed on a budget framework to end a 15-day-old state government shutdown, neither side is celebrating the deal that relies heavily on one-time money and pushes a big part of the budget problem into the future.July 15, 2011
• Minnesota's shutdown nears an end
  Minnesotans have watched politics and partisanship in action during the two-week long state government shutdown. Will the next few days provide a road map to how the state will be governed?Midmorning, July 15, 2011
• Budget deal draws criticism from education officials
  Education officials across the state are frustrated and even angry that the budget agreement reached Thursday will include delaying even more payments to schools than first proposed.July 14, 2011
• Shutdown: Many losers, but some businesses hope for a boost
  There certainly are a lot of clear losers because of the shutdown of Minnesota state government. But are there any winners?July 14, 2011
• University offers voluntary unpaid leave to some employees
  The University of Minnesota is offering voluntary unpaid leaves of absence during the government shutdown to employees whose work is funded by state grants.July 14, 2011
• No free pass during shutdown; anglers must be licensed
  There is no free pass for anglers who thought they could fish through the government shutdown without a fishing license, said Tom Landwehr, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.July 13, 2011
• Judge considers request to resume road projects
  A petition from two key Minnesota GOP lawmakers today to order work to resume on many of the state's shuttered road projects was taken under advisement by the judge appointed to rule on essential government services.July 13, 2011

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