Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and top Republicans disagree over the cause of a projected 188-million-dollar budget deficit — the state’s first shortfall in four years.  Dayton says

 

But House Speaker, Republican Kurt Daudt says numbers prove that increased government spending — which Dayton advocated — caused the budget deficit.  He contends a tax cut package that Congressional Republicans appear poised to pass will turn that around:

 

But others warn ripples from planned federal tax cuts could actually increase the state’s budget deficit.