Minn. GOP Legislative Leaders To Tour State
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Republican leaders of the Minnesota Legislature will use the last day of state lawmakers' Easter/Passover break to fly around Minnesota and tout their political agenda at stops in several cities.
Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch and House Speaker Kurt Zellers start Monday morning in St. Paul before making stops in Rochester, Mankato, St. Cloud, Moorhead, Bemidji, Alexandria and Duluth. They've scheduled news conferences at each stop.
Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Tuesday after a weeklong break. With less than a month before the constitutional deadline to adjourn the regular session, Republican leaders and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton have yet to reach agreement on how to fix a $5 billion deficit in the state's upcoming two-year budget.
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