Builders Association of Minnesota

Governor Mark Dayton and Minnesota legislative leaders, Senate Majority Leader, Senator Amy Koch and Speaker of the House, Representative Kurt Zellers announced Thursday July 14th they’d reached a budget deal to end the 14-day government shutdown. After more than three hours of meeting behind closed doors the Governor and Republican leaders emerged at about 5:30 p.m. and addressed the press stating they’d agreed upon a framework to close the $1.4 billion gap in their budget plans.

Read a summary with links to the press conference, the Governor's letter submitted to Republican leadership Thursday morning and a Q&A article here on BAM's MN Builder Blog.