Waching daily Apr 26 2017

WATCHED STATION, THIS IS WCCO 4

NEWS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M ALI

LUCIA.

AND I'M KIM JOHNSON.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE 2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS

WINDING DOWN AND TOP DEMOCRATS

WARN IT COULD COME TO A WILD END

AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE

IN THE MIDST OF TOUGH

NEGOTIATIONS OVER HOW TO FUND

MINNESOTA'S GOVERNOR.

THERE WHEN DAYTON SPOKE OUT

ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS SXRKS

MARY, HOW MUCH TIME DO LAWMAKERS

AND THE GOVERNOR HAVE TO IRON

OUT THEIR DIFFERENCES WHEN IT

COMES TO THE BUDGET?

THE CLOCK SWIENDING DOWN, THE

-- IS WINDING DOWN, THE REGULAR

SESSION SENDS MAY 2, JUST OVER

THREE WEEKS TO COME TO AN

AGREEMENT.

AT THE CAPITOL, GOVERNOR MARK

DAYTON SET THE STAGE FOR A

TURBULENT END, HE TOLD REPORTERS

HE WON'T ACCEPT PRACTICALLY

ANYTHING REPUBLICANS ARE

PROMOTING, FROM TRANSPORTATION

TO NEW RESTRICTIONS TO THE

STATE.

HE HAD SEVERAL THREATS TO THE

BUDGET ESPECIALLY IF IT HAS ANY

MEASURES THAT WILL DEFUND EARLY

KINDERGARTEN OR PRE-K PROGRAMS

IN THE FUTURE.

OTHER STATES THAT HAVE A LESS

PER CAPITA INCOME AND LESS

RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM THAN

WE DO, WHO SAID THIS IS A

PRIORITY.

PRIORITY WE GIVE EVERY

4-YEAR-OLD CHILD WHAT HE OR SHE

NEEDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND GET

THE ADULTS OUT OF THE WAY, GET

THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY OUT OF

THE WAY, GET THE INTEREST OF

BUSINESS OUT OF THE WAY AND ASK

YOURSELF ONE QUESTION, WHAT'S

BEST FOR THE KIDS.

Reporter: REPUBLICANS AREN'T

TOO HAPPY WITH THE WAY

NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING EITHER,

GOVERNOR MARK DAYTON HAS REFUSED

TO ENGAGE IN TALKS UNTIL THE

HOUSE AND SENATE WORK OUT THEIR

DIFFERENCES.

CALLING THAT RECKLESS AND

IRRESPONSIBLE, GIVEN THE AMOUNT

OF TIME LEFT IN THE SESSION.

THIS IS GOVERNOR DAYTON'S LAST

BUDGET WHICH WILL PLAY A BIG

ROLE IN HIS LEGACY AS GOVERNOR

HERE IN MINNESOTA.

IN THIS CASE, HE ISN'T RUNNING