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- Politics
Minnesota lawmakers hope to put a new state budget — and fears of a potential government shutdown — to rest Monday in a special session where bills negotiated largely in private are put up for high-stakes public votes.
MPR News
- Politics
Legislators started work at 10 a.m. Monday and have to wrap up by 7 a.m. Tuesday.
StarTribune
- Politics
The Minnesota Legislature is three weeks past its original deadline to enact a two-year state budget by the May 19th regular session deadline, and Minnesotans say there’s plenty of blame to go around.
KSTP.Com
- Legislative
Will a one-day special Minnesota legislative session happen on Saturday?
Session Daily
- Education
An agreement would fund Minnesota schools with $25.73 billion in the 2026-27 biennium, an increase of about $4.2 million. However, it also calls for a $420 million general education funding cut in the 2028-29 biennium when the state is expected to face a budgetary shortfall.
Session Daily
- Legislative
Gov. Tim Walz will be meeting with legislative leaders Thursday afternoon as budget negotiations are stalled at the Capitol.
KSTP.Com
- Legislative
With a special session needed for the Legislature to finish its work, it can be hard to follow what is going on in working groups.
Session Daily
- Legislative
Lawmakers are nearing the completion of bills left over from the regular legislative session that ended Monday.
Session Daily
- Legislative
While that might not have been the suggestion that jumpstarted the process of crafting a 2025 Minnesota tax bill, the Legislature’s first public post-session discussions on a new budget have started with a taxes working group, which met both Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.
Session Daily