US EditionMinnesota Lawmakers Pass State Budget in Special Session
- On Tuesday, June 10, Minnesota lawmakers approved a $66 billion budget covering two years during a one-day special session in St. Paul to prevent a partial government shutdown scheduled for July 1.
- The agreement followed overnight negotiations addressing a projected deficit, with lawmakers compromising on cuts including repealing MinnesotaCare eligibility for undocumented adults and increasing certain taxes.
- The budget includes an approximately $700 million bonding bill funding infrastructure projects, such as road upgrades and grants for schools to install law enforcement key boxes, which speed emergency response times.
- Governor Tim Walz, who has two decades of experience in Minnesota politics, described the bipartisan deal as the most remarkable accomplishment he has witnessed and indicated he will soon approve the more than twelve bills passed by the legislature.
- The new budget reduces spending by 8% from the previous $72 billion budget in 2023, closes the revenue-spending gap by 45%, and leaves a $1.9 billion reserve, though deficit concerns remain for 2028-29.
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Minnesota lawmakers grit teeth, pass state budget in crammed special session - Eden Prairie Local News
Republican members of the House of Representatives listen as the members debate the taxes bill during the special session at the Capitol on Monday, June 9. It took lawmakers nearly 16 hours to pass 14 bills to finish their work on a two-year state budget. MinnPost photo by Tom Olmscheid An incensed Minnesotan took to the state’s House floor Monday night to rail against a bill to fund transportation. “I just kind of want to get this off my chest…
inside Minnesota Legislature's late-night special session • Minnesota Reformer
Lights remain on inside of the Capitol during a late-night special legislative session Monday, June 9, 2025 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)The Minnesota Legislature passed bills to wrap up a $66 billion, two-year budget in a special legislative session that ended early Tuesday morning. Here is a visual account of the day as it unfolded with all of the usual pomp, circumstance, emotion and ted…
Grand Rapids Herald-Review
Southernminn.cominside Minnesota Legislature’s late-night special session
The Minnesota Legislature passed bills to wrap up a $66 billion, two-year budget in a special legislative session that ended early Tuesday morning. Here is a visual account of the day as it unfolded with all of the usual pomp,…
Special Session: Minnesota lawmakers pass safety legislation for schools
Minnesota lawmakers passed a $700 million bonding bill to address infrastructure projects, which also includes a grant program for public, private, and charter schools to install special law enforcement key boxes on buildings.
Pine Journal
‘Most impressive achievement’: Walz, Minnesota lawmakers pass state budget, avoid shutdown
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Legislature wrapped its 2025 special session shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, with a full state budget and bonding package passed. Minnesota lawmakers delivered a $67 billion state budget for 2026-27 and a $700 million bonding package — amid a tied House and a Legislature of 101 Democrats and 100 Republicans. Gov. Tim Walz held a press conference Tuesday morning and said that in his 20 years as a legislator and in…
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