Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's universal preschool, transportation plans in jeopardy

Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday saw two of his key initiatives take a thumping in the Legislature, by both parties.

The DFL-led Senate, in approving its education budget bill, moved no closer to Dayton’s goal of universal preschool. The House, meanwhile, sent a symbolic message on Dayton’s wholesale gas tax plan to fix the state’s roads and bridges, rejecting the proposal in a rare unanimous vote.

With less than three weeks left until the Legislature is expected to pass a two-year budget, wide gulfs in competing proposals from the two legislative bodies and Dayton are expected to make for difficult end-of-session negotiations.

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