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- Legislative
Minnesota lawmakers strike budget deal, protest erupts on ending health care for undocumented adults
Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders struck a budget deal Thursday to roll back health care coverage for undocumented immigrant adults, close the Stillwater prison and make other notable spending cuts.
StarTribune
- Legislative
House members began meeting with their counterparts from the Senate this week to hash out differences in their budget bills. But they remain without global targets as legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz continued to meet this week.
Session Daily
- Politics
There are six days until the Minnesota legislative session deadline when lawmakers are supposed to pass a balanced budget. It’s all but certain there will have to be a special session to finish their work.
5KSTP
- Legislative
Governor Tim Walz and Minnesota legislative leaders have met for more than 13 hours over several sessions on Sunday and Monday, but still, no substantial progress on the state budget has been reported.
5KSTP
- Legislative
The Minnesota House and Senate adjourned for the weekend on Friday and won’t reconvene until 11 a.m. Monday, one week from their Constitutional deadline to adjourn. If they don’t have a balanced budget by Monday, May 19, they’ll be forced into a special session.
5KSTP
- Education
A Senate resolution passed under the Congressional Review Act would overturn coverage of the devices in the federal broadband assistance program.
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