Most of a two-year state budget had yet to be approved as the Minnesota Legislature entered the final day of its 2017 session. A special session remained a possibility.
Reacting to a Republican move to press ahead with budget bills absent an agreement, Gov. Mark Dayton repeated his demand that policy provisions not be included.
With time running out in the legislative session Republicans say they will once again work on their own budget bills, but they're hoping to keep working with Gov. Dayton.
Deep differences over taxes and spending and the sheer logistics of passing budget bills are threatening to send the legislative session into overtime.