Gov. Pawlenty and legislative leaders met behind closed doors today but there's little to report. DFLers say Gov. Pawlenty needs to support $1 billion in "ongoing revenue" in order to get the budget deal done. Pawlenty said no way, no how. He prefers his latest offer which borrows $500 million, delays payments to schools and drains the budget reserve.
Tick tock.
By the way...
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