Minn. government shutdown appears near an end

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota's leaders have made a deal that will probably end the nation's longest state government shutdown in a decade, but it only defers their problem to another day.

Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP leaders will rely on delayed aid to schools and selling bonds to turn future tobacco settlement money into cash now. If state lawmakers go along, it will end a shutdown moving into its third week.

The shutdown has been painful in Minnesota, but the possible end of it wasn't a relief to everyone.

Charlie Kyte heads a group of school administrators who have gotten used to state budgets that delay their aid. Kyte says there will just be another deficit down the road.

Democratic Senate leader Tom Bakk (BAHK) says it doesn't solve long-term financial problems.

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