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Week in Review: April 13-17

By Lisa Kaczke
Rep. Josh Heintzeman and Rep. Peter Fischer, co-chairs of the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee, confer prior to the start of their April 16 hearing. (Photo by Andrew VonBank)
Rep. Josh Heintzeman and Rep. Peter Fischer, co-chairs of the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee, confer prior to the start of their April 16 hearing. (Photo by Andrew VonBank)

It was a week of an impeachment attempt, omnibus bills and last committee meetings for many retiring lawmakers.

A resolution on impeachment investigations of a state officer that targeted Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison didn’t move forward after the House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee deadlocked on it Wednesday.

Finance bills were required to be through most committees by 5 p.m. Friday, with the exception of the House Capital Investment, Taxes, Ways and Means, and Rules and Legislative Administration committees. Omnibus finance bills that were approved this week included:
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Recent Dailies

House Republican school safety package stalls; DFL proposal up next
By Graham Johnson
(House Photography file photo) Nathan Flansburg is the superintendent of PACT Charter School in Ramsey. He laments that schools are no longer about simply getting an education. “Schools are now expected t...
House panel advances bill to repeal automatic special education funding cuts
By Graham Johnson
Minnesota special education spending has increased from $1.8 billion to $2.7 billion per year over the last five years. Those skyrocketing costs led to a 2025 law creating a...
State eyes $3 million study to harness heat from wastewater
By Rob Hubbard
Luke Gaalswyk, president and CEO of Ever-Green Energy, testifies before the House Energy Finance and Policy Committee April 14 in support of a bill sponsored by Rep. Larry Kraft, left, to provide funding for a wastewater treatment facility heat capture pilot program. (Photo by Andrew VonBank) What goes down the drain could come back to heat your home or business. That’s the principle behind using wastewater as a heating source. Rep. Larry Kraft (DFL-St. Louis Par...
Minnesota lawmakers move toward Medicaid work requirements under pressure of federal cuts
By Tim Walker
(House Photography file photo) New rules in the federal “Big Beautiful Bill” add work or community service requirements for Medicaid eligibility and require states to adopt those rules or lose federal funding...
Department of Natural Resources policy bill unveiled, held over
By Tim Walker
Legislative Coordinator Barbara Keller walks through the DNR policy bill with Rep. Josh Heintzeman at the April 14 meeting of the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee. (Photo by Andrew VonBank) The Department of Natural Resources has a wide-ranging mission that can be summarized as providing outdoor recreation opportunities by conserving, managing, and regulating the s...
House GOP pushes for $4 billion property tax refund as DFL warns of risks to MN's hospitals, schools
By Rob Hubbard
(House Photography file photo) During an April 9 House floor session, Rep. Isaac Schultz (R-Elmdale Township) unsuccessfully moved to suspend House rules to take up a bill that would appropriate $4 billion to...
Renovated State Office Building on track for September '27 reopening, House lawmakers hear
By Mike Cook
Work continues March 20 on the State Office Building renovation and expansion project. Tenants are expected to return to the facility in September 2027. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) House operations and members are likely to return to a renovated and expanded State Office Building in September 2027. Once that building is filled, the current home of thos...
'We are all just a crisis away': Lawmakers push to fund expanded emergency housing
By Graham Johnson
Tatyana Haynes shares her homelessness experience with the House Capital Investment Committee Tuesday in support of HF4736 and HF4737. Rep. Heather Keeler sponsors the bills to fund an emergency shelter facility account. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) When the Pathways Home Act passed in 2023, the Legislature appropriated $150 million in one-time funding for emergency shelter facility improvement projects. It wasn’t nearl...
Upgrades to ‘Oregon Trail’-era county IT systems would be prioritized under bill
By Winter Keefer
Dana DeMaster, director of employment and economic assistance for Dakota County, testifies before the House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee Tuesday in support of HF4675. Sponsored by Rep. Danny Nadeau, the bill would establish a Human Services Systems Steering Committee. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) When Jeanne Holland became a Wright County commissioner, she thought county workers were joking that they had to use a green screen to process public assistance services. Th...
Proposed grant program targets health care labor shortages
By Margaret Stevens
May yer Thao, president and CEO of the Hmong American Partnership, testifies Tuesday before the House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee in support of a bill to create a health care workforce grant program. Rep. Dave Pinto sponsors HF3732. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) Basic economic principles say when demand exceeds supply, prices rise. It is a dynamic seen in the oil market with gas prices, and it can apply to labor as well: when an industr...
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Stable budget outlook projects $3.7 billion surplus now, no deficit in next biennium
By Lisa Kaczke
The projected surplus for Fiscal Years 2026-27 is now higher than it was in the November estimate, and no deficit is projected for the next biennium. “Minnesota’s budge...
Legislative leaders set 2026 committee deadlines
By Lisa Kaczke
Legislative leaders on Tuesday officially set the timeline for getting bills through the committee process during the upcoming 2026 session. Here are the three deadlines for...

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