Minnesotga lawmakers are closing in on completing work on the state budget ahead of Wednesday's deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
"They made a lot of progress over the weekend," said WCCO political analyst Blois Olson. "Today and tomorrow, they'll move most of the budget bills. A lot of the things that still have to go are fairly mundane."
Here's where they stand in St. Paul:
Seven of 14 budget bills have been sent to the governor, who signed five of them over the weekend.
There is still work to do on public safety, state government, taxes, housing, bonding, jobs, and K-through-12 education.
Then there is the governor's plans to end the peacetime emergency on August first, with Senate Republicans including language in the state government bill to end it immediately.
"The biggest obstacle," said Olson of the peacetime emergency issue. "The question is will Republicans hold everything up for that."
Republicans have suggested to change emergency power laws so governors couldn't have this much power for this long."
Lawmakers were able to craft a compromise on public safety and police reform, with the measure headed for debate and a vote by both the House and Senate.
House public safety committee chair Carlos Mariani of Saint Paul was not happy that some police accountability items didn't make the cut in negotiations.
"It's a great disappointment to me, it should be a great disappointment to the House on the (elimination of a) number of common sense proposals," said Mariani.
Removed from the bill during conference committee were house measures that include stopping police from pulling over drivers for minor infractions, as well as prohibiting officers from affiliating with white supremacist groups.