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With five weeks left in the 2015 session, House and Senate committees are wrapping up their work on some of the smaller budget bills. But there's a lot of work left to do, and deep disagreements remain on big issues including taxes, transportation funding and how best to use the $1.9 billion projected surplus. 

DFL Gov. Mark Dayton highlighted many of his differences with House Republicans during last week's 

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with reporter Tim Pugmire, who covers the state Capitol, about what's on the agenda for the week ahead.

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There's a lot of work left to do, and deep disagreements remain on big issues including taxes, transportation funding and how best to use the $1.9 billion projected surplus.

With five weeks left in the 2015 session, House and Senate committees are wrapping up their work on some of the smaller budget bills. But there's a lot of work left to do, and deep disagreements remain on big issues, including taxes, transportation funding and how best to use the $1.9 billion projected surplus. DFL Governor Mark Dayton highlighted many of his differences with House Republicans during last week's state of the state speech. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Minnesota Public Radio news reporter Tim Pugmire who covers the State Capitol about what's on the agenda for the week ahead.

Budget bills head to Senate, House committees at the Capitol

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