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In an abrupt turnaround, Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk said Friday that leaders may be able to agree yet on a minimum wage hike.
"There's some middle ground between where the Senate is and the House is," Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook. He had said on TPT's Almanac program that there was a "very good chance" they could find that compromise.
On Thursday, Bakk said it was unlikely the House and Senate could bridge their differences on the minimum wage.
The House wants to raise it from $6.15 an hour, which is below the federal minimum, to $9.50 an hour. The Senate wants to raise it to $7.75 an hour and Bakk has said the Senate lacks the votes to raise it much beyond that.
On Friday evening, House Speaker Paul Thissen said the House may be able to move toward the middle.
"There probably is room to move on that on our end, too," he said.
But, he sounded less confident than Bakk that the move would come before Monday, the day this year's legislative session is to end.
