ST. PAUL (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz and top legislative leaders are giving few clues as to where things stand as they try to wrap up a budget deal to close out the 2019 session.

Heading into the closed-door talks Thursday afternoon, the Democratic governor quipped, “I got a haircut for the occasion so this is it.”

Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman said only that she was “ready to rock and roll.”

Lawmakers need to pass the big budget bills of the session by Monday night’s adjournment deadline. If they can’t, the governor will have to call a special session.

Walz spokesman Teddy Tschann says negotiations ended for the night around 12:30 or 1 a.m. Thursday and are expected to resume at some point in the afternoon. The governor, House Democrats and Senate Republicans have kept silent on whether they’re resolved any of the big issues of taxes and spending that have been the main hold-ups.

As of Monday, the last time the leaders made substantive comments on the status of the closed-door talks, the two sides were about $1.6 billion apart on a two-year budget that’s expected to total somewhere between $48 billion and $50 billion.