Squabbling continues on Minnesota special session, light rail

DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and top legislative leaders met again Friday to discuss a potential special session to pass a bonding bill and a tax bill, but they still don’t have an agreement.

Dayton, House Speaker Kurt Daudt, R-Zimmerman, and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, emerged from their latest private meeting without resolution of a key disagreement. House Republicans remain opposed to funding for the Southwest Corridor light rail project.

Dayton and Senate Democrats insist on the Southwest Corridor funding, and the governor said a special session is unlikely without it.

“The Legislature won’t let us improve the economic and social vitality of the metropolitan area,” Dayton said. “I think that’s really irresponsible.”

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