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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIndiana legislative leaders are back at the Statehouse today as they seek a budget agreement before the current budget expires at the end of tomorrow.
House Speaker Patrick Bauer says he and fellow Democrats may be willing to accept a two-year budget instead of the one-year spending plan they previously proposed. But Bauer said today that Senate Republicans and House Democrats remained at odds over school funding.
Without a budget or a backup plan to continue spending, most of state government would shut down on Wednesday.
The Republican-controlled state Board of Finance said today it was prepared to meet Wednesday to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to keep essential services such as prisons and state police running.
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