Capitol to reopen Tuesday The Minnesota State Capitol reopens 9 a.m. Tuesday,. Gov. Mark Dayton's office released the announcement Monday evening.July 18, 2011
GOP leaders ready four budget bills GOP leaders readied four budget bills Monday for Gov. Mark Dayton's approval, while the work on the remaining five bills continued. Dayton has said he won't call a special session until all of the bills are written and approved.July 18, 2011
What happened to leadership? The political stalemate in Washington, and the unsatisfactory compromise that could lead to the end of Minnesota's government shutdown, has many people asking about the state of political leadership. Do courageous political leaders still exist?Midmorning, July 18, 2011
Video: Budget deal explained Gov. Mark Dayton and the Republican legislative leaders have finally agreed on how to balance the Minnesota state budget. How will they do it? They plan to borrow the money.July 15, 2011
Economists cautious on borrowing against tobacco fund The state budget deal brewing between Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders involves a lot of debt, including perhaps borrowing $700 million by tapping future tobacco settlement payments.July 15, 2011
No talk of new stadium in special session A key backer of the Vikings stadium bill is ruling it out of a special session called to fix Minnesota's budget stalemate.July 15, 2011
Q & A: Budget deal lawmakers Kurt Daudt and Sandra Pappas All Things Considered speaks with State Rep. and Assistant Majority Leader Kurt Daudt and DFL Sen. Sandra Pappas about the efforts of legislative leaders to work with Gov. Mark Dayton to hammer out details of the budget outline agreement announced yesterday.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