Gov. Mark Dayton said on Friday afternoon he would accept a GOP-backed provision he'd previously opposed that would strip the elected state auditor of the exclusive ability to audit the books of some Minnesota companies, in the name of resolving his budget impasse with GOP House Speaker Kurt Daudt.
But Dayton asked for one concession from the House GOP: that they delay its planned 2016 implementation by one year, to July 2017.
"I don't expect House Republicans to like this compromise any more than I do," Dayton said in a statement released by his office. "I ask them to agree to it, while not agreeing with it, to conclude the people's business."
Daudt was meeting with top aides and colleagues Friday afternoon and did not immediately comment on Dayton's offer.
