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Just after 10pm Thursday, DFL Governor Mark Dayton went before reporters to reject a GOP offer to pass a "lights-on" bill to keep state government from shutting down, thus allowing a government shutdown to begin at midnight.

He detailed his latest compromise offer and that of GOP legislative leaders and said the key disagreement was over a proposed tax on millionaires to make up for cost differences.

Click "Listen" above to hear the Governor's speech and the qq/a session that followed.

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Just after 10pm Thursday, Governor Mark Dayton went before reporters to reject a GOP offer to pass a "lights-on" bill to keep state government from shutting down.

Governor Dayton addressed reporters and took questions after failing to reach agreement with GOP lawmakers on a budget before the beginning of the fiscal year.

Listen to Gov. Dayton's speech about failure of budget negotiations

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