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We pull together education and political information from local media to keep you informed.
- School Life
Josh Hermerding, a multilingual teacher at Lucy Craft Laney Elementary School in Minneapolis, starts his mornings circling the school looking for federal immigration agents who have been staging within the school’s parking lot for weeks.
Session Daily
- Safety
When the Legislature convenes Tuesday, there will be several new security measures in place designed to better protect lawmakers, staff and the public who enter the Capitol.
Session Daily
- 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