Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders are reviving talks for a special legislative session.
Dayton and legislative leaders will meet Friday in St. Paul and try to reach agreement on tax cuts and millions of dollars in transportation and construction spending.
At stake is a menu of tax cuts for residents around the state, a new science building for the University of Minnesota and funding for a new light-rail line from downtown Minneapolis to Eden Prairie.
The DFL governor vetoed the tax package in May because of an error that he said would have cost the state $100 million.
That prompted immediate calls for a special session to fix the mistake and pass a measure for new construction and transportation spending, which failed in the chaotic closing minutes of the regular legislative session this spring.
Dayton and House Republicans have deadlocked over how much to spend during the special session. The governor has been insisting on money for the U building and light-rail funding, which Republicans ignored at the end of the regular session.
Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk said Wednesday during a groundbreaking ceremony at Falls International Airport that there is a basic agreement on the parameters of a special session, according to WDIO-TV in Duluth.
"I think in principle the governor and the speaker and I have an agreement about what a special session looks like," said Bakk, DFL-Cook.
