Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Workforce budget bill clears final vote; unemployment aid extended for miners
By Margaret Stevens
Minnesota lawmakers have finalized a jobs and labor budget bill with workforce investments and some policy adjustments that include unemployment benefits and wage theft enforcem...
Transportation bill passed with public transit cuts, boost to road and bridge funding
By Rob Hubbard
On Friday, the transportation working group presented what it characterized as its completed omnibus bill. At that meeting, county commissioners and administrators from the seve...
House, Senate lawmakers give passing grade to bill that'd fund K-12 education
By Brian Basham
Passing grades have been given to a bill that would fund the largest part of the state budget.
The all-encompassing $25.73 billion omnibus K-12 education bill would inc...
Nearly $17 billion human services finance bill clears House
By Todd Abeln
Cuts to Medical Assistance and nursing facilities but more funds for direct care and treatment are all in the mixture of a human services bill.
Sponsored by Rep. Mohamud Noo...
Wide-ranging $1.19 billion environmental and natural resources bill heads to governor
By Tim Walker
As implied by its name, the omnibus environment and natural resources budget and policy bill would fund two large state entities, the Pollution Control Agency and the Department...
Commerce bill, including HOA ombudsperson, loosened lead-key ban passed by House, Senate
By Lisa Kaczke
A bill that would create a homeowner’s association ombudsperson and relax the state’s ban on lead keys has received the OK from the House.
After little debate Monday, t...
House, Senate OK omnibus budget bill for health, children and families
By Margaret Stevens
Curbing long-term growth in health care spending is one aspect of a $7 billion health, human services, children and family budget bill.
On a 73-58 vote, the House passe...
Bill to end MinnesotaCare eligibility for undocumented adult immigrants goes to governor
By Margaret Stevens
The House kicked off Monday’s special session with probably one of the most politically charged bills.
After hours of emotional debate, a bill to end undocumented adult...
Lawmakers pass $700 million bonding package funding water, road projects across state
By Brian Basham
Minnesota lawmakers unveiled and passed a pair of capital investment packages during Monday’s special session.
The agreements, which focus on transportation and water i...
Legislators navigate cuts, compromises in $7 billion HHS budget agreement
By Margaret Stevens
After weeks of negotiations, legislative leaders have finalized a $7 billion health and human services budget for the 2026-27 biennium. It would reduce General Fund spending by ...
Working group energy agreement cuts back on funding of renewables
By Rob Hubbard
The 2025 energy bill scheduled to be presented at Monday’s special session is considerably smaller than the products of recent sessions, but it’s not nearly as small as the “lig...
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 ...
