Assistant Senate Majority Leader Katie Sieben (DFL-Cottage Grove) and Senate Minority Leader David Hann (R-Eden Prairie) offer differing perspectives on the budget targets announced earlier this week. They join Julie to review the legislative budget work, which must be completed Monday, May 20.

Also on this week's Capitol Report, Julie Bartkey highlights major events at the Capitol in the final days of session, including the same-sex marriage legislation signed into law and the 17-hour marathon Senate debate on a proposal allowing private child care providers to join unions.

Capitol Report is produced by Minnesota Senate Media Services, a non-partisan, taxpayer-funded organization.

Written by the Minnesota DNR

Forest tent caterpillar populations have been rising in some northern and west-central Minnesota counties since 2007, and that trend is expected to intensify, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said.

Written by the Better Business Bureau

May is National Moving Month, which kicks off the busiest time of year for Americans on the move. It also means a handful of unlicensed movers and dishonest operators are waiting to take advantage of unwary consumers. In 2012, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) received over 1.4 million moving-related inquiries and more than 9,300 complaints against movers. Complaints included damaged or missing items, big price increases over originally-quoted estimates, late deliveries, and goods being “held hostage” for additional – often disputed – payments.