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Minnesota lawmakers are filling in the details of a legislative budget agreement 

 and will have to hustle to pass the bills needed to enact it.

If they do, Minnesotans will see reductions in their vehicle registration, help with rising property taxes, continuation of a lead pipe replacement push and more. A key hospital in Minneapolis would get a lifeline and counties would get money to replace old technology that makes running programs difficult and fraud more of a risk.

The Legislature was tasked with a compact agenda and it looks like that is what will result. Items that were seen as politically problematic were kept to the side in favor of proposals that could get bipartisan buy-in. 

Friday at noon, MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with the Minnesota’s four caucus leaders about how a session-ending agreement came together — two DFLers and two Republicans. 

Then,  a check-in with our state Capitol team, and what they’re picking up on, as the Legislature inches closer to its conclusion. 

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MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with four caucus leaders about  a session-ending agreement and how they’ll shepherd it through this weekend.

Politics Friday: Minnesota lawmakers reach a session-ending deal, now race to get it through

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