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Legislature begins work on budget deal

Minnesota lawmakers fail to finish budget before deadline, special session awaits

GOP House Speaker Lisa Demuth and other Republicans have blamed Democrats for the incomplete work, citing the 23-day delay to the start of the House's work as Democrats staged a walkout amid disagreement over power-sharing responsibilities, as Republicans threatened not to seat one of its lawmakers.

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Legislature begins work on budget deal ahead of special session

Compromise will be key as the House is tied between DFL and GOP 67-67 and the DFL has a one-seat majority in the Senate. Top legislators said those groups will have to finalize bills and make compromises before a special session can start.

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Minnesota lawmakers likely headed for special session amid budget impasse

State lawmakers have until May 19 to pass the next two-year budget, but with negotiations ongoing, it now appears they may miss that deadline.

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The Minnesota Legislature passed a big cannabis bill. Here’s what’s in it.

While the Minnesota Legislature failed to approve a budget prior to Monday’s adjournment of the 2025 legislative session, it ...

With one week left, what’s happening with the MN budget at the Legislature?

Republicans say the state grew spending too much in 2023, when DFL-controlled state government increased the two-year budget ...

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Hours of negotiations later, still no Minnesota budget agreement

Governor Tim Walz and Minnesota legislative leaders have met for more than 13 hours over several sessions on Sunday and ...

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Revoking immigrant health care brings chaos to Walz’s office: Takeaways from Minnesota budget deal

Minnesota would revoke health care for adult undocumented immigrants but allow children to remain covered under a budget deal ...

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Health care funding for undocumented immigrants in Minnesota still up in the air

Leaders in the Church urge lawmakers to prevent GOP pushes to roll back MinnesotaCare coverage for undocumented immigrants.

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At Issue: May 11 — Social media tax, budget negotiations and new Office of Inspector General

This week on At Issue, Tom Hauser discusses a new social media tax bill, the latest on state budget negotiations and the newly created Office of Inspector General. The Minnesota Senate Tax ...

Bishop Kevin Kenney, Minnesota Catholic Conference urge lawmakers to protect health care access for undocumented immigrants

Led by Bishop Kevin Kenney, Catholic leaders stopped by the Capitol on Monday to lobby against GOP efforts to revoke health ...

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Walz contrasts Minnesota's bipartisan budget breakthrough with Washington's deep divisions

Tim Walz and leaders of the Minnesota Legislature announced a hard-fought budget deal Thursday ... governor for his strong leadership in these negotiations, keeping us all focused on the end ...

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Minnesota leaders announce budget agreement with rollbacks of health coverage for undocumented immigrants, sparking pushback

Legislative leaders in a divided state capitol on Thursday announced a roughly $66 billion budget framework to fund the government and its services, which also includes spending adjustments to make a ...

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