Governor Tim Walz has called a special session starting Monday so the Minnesota Legislature can tie up its remaining business and finish the next state budget.

Lawmakers were unable to come to an agreement on all bills prior to the end of the session last month, perhaps unsurprising given the one-seat DFL majority in the Senate and the evenly-split House.

But after weeks of discussions among lawmakers, mostly behind closed doors, Walz confirmed that a budget framework had been reached with DFL and GOP leaders, He officially called a one-day special session, which will start at 10 a.m. on Monday.

Walz says the bipartisan agreement "makes thoughtful reductions in state spending while keeping us on track to make Minnesota the best state in the country to raise a child."

In the announcemen

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