Gov. Mark Dayton speaks at the University of Minnesota

No budget deal
Gov. Mark Dayton announces that a budget deal was not reached just hours before a shutdown was set to start at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, June 30, 2011. Dayton is speaking on Thursday, July 14, 2011 about the stalemate.
MPR File Photo/Jeffrey Thompson

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