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‘Heading to Overtime’: Minnesota Legislature Closes Regular Session, but Will Return
- Lawmakers closed the regular 2025 Minnesota legislative session on Monday, May 19, at 11:46 p.m. With seven budget bills sent to the governor.
- The session ended without passing a bonding bill as leaders needed to resolve remaining policy negotiations amid a closely divided Legislature.
- On May 16, Governor Tim Walz and legislative leaders revealed a budget deal totaling between $66 billion and $67 billion that aims to reduce spending by as much as $2 billion over a period of four years.
- Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy said the House delayed budget bills to gain concessions, while Republicans described overtime as a symptom of divided government.
- Leaders said their work is unfinished, expecting a special session this year to complete budget bills and address the bonding bill before a July 1 deadline.
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Minnesota legislative session ends, still with a long to-do list - Eden Prairie Local News
House Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, gavels the body to order on May 19, the final day of the 2025 regular session. Photo by Andrew VonBank/House Public Information Services A narrowly divided Legislature adjourned Monday without completing a state budget for the next two years, ending the session just as it began: with rancorous finger pointing. The session started with the Minnesota Supreme Court settling a dispute between Republicans and…
Duluth News Tribune
‘Heading to overtime’: Minnesota Legislature closes regular session, but will return
ST. PAUL — As the 2025 legislative session wrapped up just before midnight Monday, unresolved budget bills and policy debates render lawmakers’ work far from done. Lawmakers closed the regular 2025 legislative session at 11:46 p.m. Monday, May 19, the last scheduled day of this year's session. At adjournment, legislators had sent seven of approximately 17 budget bills to the governor’s desk, had yet to approve a bonding bill, and needed to compl…
Minnesota Legislature headed for a special session
Senator Mark Johnson’s interview with The Flag’s Steve Hallstrom on The Steve Hallstrom Show [audio mp3="https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2327/2025/05/19232914/mark-johnson-5-19-2025.mp3"] (ST. PAUL, MINN) – The Minnesota Legislature will meet in a special session to complete its work. The Minnesota Senate adjourned last night at just before 10 p.m., which was two hours before the deadline, while the House continued …
Minnesota lawmakers fail to finish budget on time, head toward special session - Albert Lea Tribune
By Dana Ferguson and Clay Masters, Minnesota Public Radio News Less than 10 percent of the Minnesota budget fell into place prior to the end of the Legislature’s 2025 session, forcing lawmakers into an overtime period with plenty to sort out before they can complete their must-do task. The Legislature powered down late Monday but lawmakers knew that they would be back at it soon. Working groups were formed to keep negotiating on main elements o…
Legislature wheezes toward the finish line with the hardest work still to be done
The House and Senate were able to pass several non-controversial bills on the second-to-last day of the legislative session, but lawmakers continued negotiating behind closed doors on major budget bills to fund human services, education, transportation and more. Education alone…
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