So, ... about that deal.

At the stroke of midnight tonight Minnesota's 2019 regular session officially came to an end, but with many unresolved issues hanging in the balance. So now, t hey will have to keep working, with hopes of having a special session, this week or next. 

On Sunday night legislative leaders announced a global agreement on targets. Part of that agreement included an understanding that conference committees would finish their work by 5pm tonight and any unresolved issues would be sent to the leaders to determine. That deadline came and went with only 1 omnibus finished and passed by both bodies; Higher Ed.  The Ag bill was passed by the Senate but not the House and so, will need to be passed during special session.  ALL the remaining Omnibus bills still have unresolved issues.  I would love to be able to tell you what those issues are - except there have been virtually no public meetings today, so I have no idea.  

In addition to the 5pm Monday deadline, leaders also said there would be a one day special session on Thursday. Given the current state of things, many Capitol regulars (myself included), are thinking this will be a tough deadline to meet.