Minn. House Leader Not Sold On Vikings Session
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Gov. Mark Dayton continues to hold private meetings on the Minnesota Vikings' push for a public subsidy to build a new football stadium, but a leading Republican lawmaker says he doesn't support the Democratic governor's call for a special session on the issue before the end of the year.
House Majority Leader Matt Dean says Wednesday that special sessions are traditionally called to respond to emergencies. He says Minnesotans are worried more about jobs and the economy than the Vikings.
Dayton says he would call a special session even without a proposal that specifies how to pay for a stadium and chooses between site options in Ramsey County and Minneapolis. But Dean says it's a bad idea to bring legislators back to St. Paul without a solid plan in place.
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