The rising cost of special education in Minnesota is contributing to a dispute over emergency funding for schools during the last full week of the legislative session.
Minnesota's Legislature is moving quickly to restore its budget.
Lawmakers were set to vote later Tuesday on the House and Senate's nearly $130 million operating budget. It comes just two days into the new legislative session.
All 201 legislators will soon return to the Minnesota Capitol, but three men and one woman will play an outsized role in setting the Legislature's course.