ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - It took 18 days, but Minnesota finally has a special session scheduled to finish a budget and avoid a government shutdown.

Big day

One and only:

Monday is the big day and, if things go as planned, the only day.

Legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz hammered out some details on what they said were the hardest bills to hash out.

So, for instance, the Republican plan to cut MN Care for undocumented adults will be a standalone bill, not in the health bill.

But the health bill will include language saying the Department of Health gets no funding unless that standalone bill passes.

Compromises and guarantees like that have them very close to the finish line.

Walk then run

Short timeline:

House leaders Lisa Demuth and Melissa Hortman walked to the podium to

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