Politics & Government
Shutdown Update: Sides Resume Talks
Protests at the capitol are scheduled all afternoon and late into the evening.
12:45 p.m.— Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP lawmakers have just resumed budget negotiations in an effort to avoid a government shutdown and preempt layoffs of around 22,000 Minnesotans.
This morning’s 10 a.m. meeting ended after and hour and 15 minutes with little to report. As has become the norm, neither the governor nor Republican leaders briefed the on-site media following the meeting.
While things seem to be moving slowly inside the State Capitol, community organizations have taken to the Capitol grounds in protest. A preliminary look at the rest of today’s schedule of protests:
- Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans: noon-2 p.m. (State Capitol, Mall & Lower Lawn)
- Welfare Rights Committee: noon-2 p.m. (State Capitol, South Steps)
- Fighting Back the Shutdown Rally: 3-5 p.m. (State Capitol, Rotunda)
- Fighting Back the Shutdown Rally: 5-7 p.m. (State Capitol, South Steps)
- American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees: 9-11 p.m. (State Capitol, South Steps)
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