Gov. Mark Dayton is turning his focus to employment, hoping to build a legacy as Minnesota's jobs governor and get beyond the state government shutdown that put 22,000 state employees out of work for nearly three weeks.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a new budget Wednesday, ending the nation's longest state government shutdown in the past decade.

Turning off the lights on Minnesota's state government isn't a money-saver. In fact, the state's six-day-old shutdown over state spending is costing it millions of dollars — a toll that will only rise the longer it lasts.