More budget woes

It looks like the state's budget problems have grown by $300 million due to the Minnesota Supreme Court decision on taxes from offshore subsidiaries. This is going to throw yet another monkey wrench into the negotiations, and we're really getting down to the wire. We've got about a week before time runs out.

The article also talks about how some House Republicans are sitting outside Senator Dean Johnson's office to, uh, make sure he doesn't morph into Batman or something, I guess. I think the shenanigans are finally starting, and the word is that it is going to get worse later this week. Whether these publicity stunts will help negotiations is questionable.