US EditionSpecial Session Underway at MN Capitol
- On Monday at 10 a.m., Minnesota legislators began a special session aimed at approving the $66 billion state budget covering the next two years before the July 1 deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown.
- The session followed a failed regular session that ended on May 19 without passing most funding bills, and lawmakers reached a bipartisan budget framework only last week requiring several compromises.
- Lawmakers must complete 14 bills including controversial measures like removing MinnesotaCare coverage for undocumented adults and a $700 million bonding bill, while debating revenue shifts and transportation provisions.
- House Speaker Lisa Demuth called the work bipartisan, and Democratic Leader Melissa Hortman stressed the need to keep state government functioning despite disagreements, noting the budget funds many critical services.
- The Legislature must complete the budget by 7 a.m. Tuesday to prevent a major reduction in state workforce and continue providing funding for local governments, universities, and various state programs.
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Grand Rapids Herald-Review
Minnesota ReformerMinnesota Legislature to pass gloomy $66 billion budget
The Minnesota Legislature was expected to pass the final bills comprising the $66 billion, 2026-27 budget in the early hours of Tuesday morning — an 8% decrease from the previous biennium. With final passage of budget bills after a marathon…
MN House, Senate convene for special session to pass state budget
Minnesota lawmakers returned to the Capitol Monday morning to complete the state’s next two-year budget as agencies prepared to warn thousands of government employees of a potential government shutdown next month. Most of the state government only has funding through the end of June after the Legislature failed to pass the majority of the bills that form the roughly $66 billion state budget by the end of the regular legislative session on May 19…
Minnesota lawmakers return for special session on $66 billion state budget
Minnesota lawmakers will return to St. Paul Monday for a sprint special legislative session to pass a two-year $66 billion state budget. Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders announced last week that they reached a budget agreement after failing to…
Special session convenes to vote on rest of Minnesota budget, avoid shutdown - Austin Daily Herald
By Peter Cox and Ellie Roth Minnesota lawmakers hope to put a new state budget — and fears of a potential government shutdown — to rest Monday in a special session where bills negotiated largely in private are put up for high-stakes public votes. Gov. Tim Walz summoned the Legislature into the special session as part of an agreement with top legislators that it be confined to 14 bills and be wrapped up by 7 a.m. Tuesday. That’s also when layoff …
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