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With the days waning in the session, the Legislature and the governor inch closer to a deal.
Real ID deal due for ratification by the Legislature and would allow travelers to breathe easier.
Moves of hundreds of millions of dollars get sides closer on a new budget, but Gov. Mark Dayton says they're still "a significant ways apart."
Gov. Dayton says he'll make an offer to get negotiations moving.
DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders plan to return to the bargaining table Tuesday.
The bill to make enabling mutilation a child abuse offense was prompted by the case of two young girls taken from Minnesota to Michigan for the procedure. It passed with only four dissenting votes.
Lawmakers likely to see many sunsets and sunrises as session's finale arrives.
Republicans in charge of the House and Senate agriculture committees are accusing DFL Gov. Mark Dayton of spreading “misinformation” about their omnibus finance bill, which he vetoed Friday along with four other budget bills.
No deal in hand, state leaders set to go fishing.