Special session starts at 3 p.m. today
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Tue, 07/19/2011 - 11:27am
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has called a special legislative session in the hope of ending the state's nearly three-week government shutdown.
Dayton today called lawmakers back to the Capitol for a vote on a two-year budget, with the session to start at 3 p.m.
The shutdown has idled about 22,000 state workers, stopped road projects, closed state parks, suspended many state programs and hindered private businesses statewide.
The shutdown won't be over until the GOP-controlled Legislature approves the bills and Dayton signs them. This has been Minnesota's second shutdown in six years and the longest by a state government in a decade.
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