by Briana Bierschbach
Published: May 16,2011
Time posted: 10:20 am
Tags: 2012-2013 budget, Amy Koch, Kurt Zellers, Mark Dayton, Taxes

House Speaker Kurt Zellers and Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch (staff photo: Peter Bartz-Gallagher

With just a week left before the Minnesota Legislature is constitutionally required to adjourn, Republican leaders are ramping up discussions with DFL Gov. Mark Dayton, but say they aren’t backing down from their promise to not raise taxes to solve the state’s $5 billion budget deficit.
GOP House Speaker Kurt Zellers and Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch were in the governor’s office