Not much of a holiday weekend for lawmakers who have yet to come to an agreement on a two-year, $66 billion budget agreement. There’s another key deadline looming as well: “We have to send layoff notices to any entity that’s not funded by June 1st.

With a trio of House members running for Senate in Minnesota, New Hampshire and Kentucky, their seats have become prime targets to flip.

A proposal eliminating unemployment benefits for school employees like bus drivers is likely to die off, opening the path for the K-12 education budget to advance.

With policy negotiations ongoing and fewer than half of all budget bills passing through the Legislature, there is still work ahead for lawmakers, who were scheduled to complete the session Monday