Minnesota legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz hope there will be a special session of the Legislature this weekend before layoff notices will be sent to nearly 30,000 state workers on Monday.

Gov. Walz calls for a special session for Monday, after reaching a budget agreement with Republican and Democratic leaders.

Even with signs that the Minnesota legislature is largely ready for a special session, things have been quiet this week in Saint Paul. As the week began, all of Minnesota’s budget working groups had posted full breakdowns of budget agreements,