Big state surplus prompts lots of spending, tax-cut ideas

News of a state budget surplus that had grown to a whopping $17.6 billion is already generating lots of ideas but no final agreements on how to use the money. This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by John Wanamaker. Music by Gary Meister.

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