No deal yet.
And the legislative clock is ticking in St. Paul.
With less than two weeks before the mandatory adjournment date for the Minnesota legislature, budget talks that started Monday after noon and ended late Monday reached no compromise.
The clock is ticking on Minnesota lawmakers to finish their work on time, and right now, they're having trouble getting to a starting point
An email sent at 11:25 p.m. Monday indicated no progress as Gov. Walz met with House and Senate leaders.
"It's obvious we've got a ways to go," said the governor before criticising Republican leaders.
Both sides agree they want budget targets to guide negotiations over the last weeks of the session.
The deadline to come up with those targets came and went on Monday.
"Thought there would be an honest effort to dig," Walz said. "I guess I was mistaken."
The Governor and House leaders are pushing for a 20-cent gas tax and continuation of the health provider tax.
Republicans, who control the state Senate, want no tax hike whatsoever.
"There were no tax reductions in the $12 billion of tax increases over the next four years," said Senate GOP Leader Paul Gazelka. "We couldn't get them to lower them. And so, we're at a logjam."
Since 1857, the Minnesota legislature has needed to go to a special session 52 times. 12 of those extra sessions have happened in the 21st century.