Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
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Lawmakers take long road to compromise transportation bill
By Rob Hubbard
It’s been a long and winding road for the 2025 transportation bill.
After a fortnight of behind-closed-doors negotiations that involved the input of the Departments of Trans...
Walz calls Monday special session as lawmakers aim to complete budget work in one day
By Lisa Kaczke
Gov. Tim Walz issued a proclamation Friday calling for a special legislative session to begin at 10 a.m. Monday after reaching an agreement with House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R-Col...
Legislators finalize $16.8 billion human services budget deal
By Todd Abeln
A big piece of the puzzle to the state budget has been put together.
The human services working group came to an agreement on the second largest budget bill in the state bud...
Timing of special session still fuzzy as Walz, legislative leaders continue budget talks
By Brian Basham
Will a one-day special Minnesota legislative session happen on Saturday?
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (DFL- Brooklyn Park) speculated it could happen while House Speaker ...
Lawmakers reach agreement on education funding, warn of future cuts
By Brian Basham
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 educa...
Woodchucks and zombie bills: Your guide to legislative lingo
By Tim Walker
A first-time visitor to the Capitol can’t help but be impressed by the ornately decorated interior and exterior of this grandiose and heavily marbled building.
But the same ...
Commerce agreement adjusts key lead ban, creates HOA ombudsperson
By Lisa Kaczke
Lawmakers finalized a commerce budget deal Thursday that would give a reprieve on lead in keys and create a new ombudsperson to facilitate disputes between residents and homeown...
Working group strikes agreement on environment and natural resources finance, policy package
By Tim Walker
In this tight two-year budget cycle, it’s not surprising that several budget agreements have turned to raising fees or adding surcharges to state services to meet their lean tar...
Page added to House website for special session working group information
By HPIS Staff
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.
To help, a page has been created on the Ho...
Working group finds agreement on workforce budget bill
By Margaret Stevens
An agreement on the workforce, labor and economic development budget bill would reduce General Fund expenditures while preserving many grant programs championed in the Senate bi...
House leaders say lawmakers nearing agreements on unfinished bills
By Lisa Kaczke
Lawmakers are nearing the completion of bills left over from the regular legislative session that ended Monday.
In an update Thursday, House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spri...
Tax working group the first to make public preparations for a special session
By Rob Hubbard
Let’s start with the revenue, shall we?
While that might not have been the suggestion that jumpstarted the process of crafting a 2025 Minnesota tax bill, the Legislature’s f...
Legislature — with budget incomplete — gavels out, prepares for special session
By Rob Hubbard
Some years, state legislative sessions surge to a climax on their final day, a flurry of activity providing a sustained adrenaline rush, culminating in smiles of satisfaction as...
House, Senate pass state government and elections bill ahead of session's adjournment
By Mike Cook
10:37 p.m. — UPDATED following floor votes
With about 90 minutes to spare on the last evening of the regular legislative session, House and Senate members passed a conferenc...
House votes to extend unemployment benefits to Iron Range miners, Senate takes no action
By Margaret Stevens
In the final few hours of regular session, the House provided what supporters called a lifeline for workers on the Iron Range.
A bill that would extend the availabili...
