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Tim Pugmire

Bill would open the door on budget negotiations

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Those end-of-session encampments outside the governor's office, with Capitol reporters and lobbyists dutifully waiting for news from the closed-door budget talks, could become a distant memory under a proposed change to Minnesota's open meetings law.

Sen. John Marty, DFL-Roseville, is sponsoring legislation that would require public access to any meeting involving the governor and House and Senate leaders to negotiate a bill, set budget targets or negotiate the state budget.

The proposal also covers meetings between the majority leader of the Senate and the speaker of the House to set budget targets or negotiate the state budget.

Marty's bill get a hearing this afternoon in the Senate Committee on State and Local Government Operations and Oversight.