Adjourned: What the Minnesota Legislature Did and Didn’t Pass This Year
- Lawmakers in Minnesota passed major deals on health care, infrastructure, labor, and taxes while postponing decisions on housing and sports betting.
- The Legislature approved the state’s jobs and labor budget, revising the state’s safe and sick time law, impacting workers' rights.
- Funding of $55 million for the Miller Building at Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center was included in the bonding package to address the backlog of mentally ill patients.
- Minnesota designated the giant beaver as the state fossil.
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Adjourned: What the Minnesota Legislature did and didn’t pass this year
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Legislature finished the 2025 session in overtime with a one-day special session that delivered a $67 billion state budget and a $700 million bonding package. Lawmakers were tasked this session with a divided government of 101 Democrats and 100 Republicans, and a tie dynamic gracing both the Senate and House at different points in the session. The June 9 finish line for lawmakers came roughly five months after the Minnes…
Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth reflects on 2025 session, historic speakership • Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, was elected to the Legislature in 2018, and she’s served as the House’s Republican leader since 2023. Before Demuth could even grasp the speaker’s gavel, the 2025 legislative session had a rancorous start. A judge ruled one of the newly elected Democrats ineligible for office because he didn’t […]
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