Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders announced there will be a one-day special session on Monday to pass the remaining parts of the next two-year budget, ending weeks of limbo in the most closely divided Legislature in state history.

Lawmakers have been urgently working to balance a budget since the regular session ended on May 19. Legislators had originally hoped they'd be able to finish by that day, but several sticking points left them working overtime. There is a tied House and a one-seat advantage for Democrats in the Senate. That make-up has made negotiations fragile and it is as if every individual lawmaker has their own veto, Walz described the dynamic earlier this week.

All sides had to make concessions to ink the deal.

"This bipartisan budget agreement make

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