House and Senate negotiators complete budget proposal

Committee aide Marta Lastufka preps a room in the Bill Ray Center for the operating budget conference committee, May 18, 2016. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)Late on Memorial Day, House and Senate negotiators completed their conference committee work on a proposed state operating budget. They were 26 hours ahead of a still looming deadline.
Now, to avoid a second year of mass layoff notices to state workers and another government shutdown scare, the pressure is on lawmakers to take the negotiated d