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Special Session in MN Now Unlikely to Start Until After Memorial Day at the Earliest
- The Minnesota Legislature ended its session on May 19 without approving comprehensive funding legislation or a capital investment package, prompting Governor Walz to call a special session.
- Budget talks have reached an impasse over funding disagreements related to human services, education, coverage under MinnesotaCare for undocumented immigrants, and the mandate requiring schools to provide unemployment benefits to part-time staff such as bus drivers and lunch aides.
- Out of the 17 budget bills, seven were approved during the regular legislative session, but key funding measures related to health care, human services, education from early childhood through high school, and bonding remain unresolved.
- Leaders expect the special session to start between May 22 and May 27, aiming for a short session to finalize remaining bills, with negotiations proceeding mostly behind closed doors.
- The special session's outcome will determine whether Minnesota avoids a government shutdown by June 30 and resolves key funding and policy issues including zoning reform and unemployment extensions.
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MN lawmaker believes legislative leadership will eventually “end up in a room” to hash out state budget
St. Paul, M.N. – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has yet to schedule a special session for lawmakers to try and pass a state budget, but one legislator thinks it will likely take a larger push to settle differences. “[Legislative] leadership will end up in a room,” said Representative Jim Joy of Hawley on The Flag’s What’s on your Mind? “If they’re going to let the [committee] chairs try to figure out their [budget] bills there’s eventually going to…
Minnesota lawmakers prepare for working weekend after blowing self-imposed deadline - Albert Lea Tribune
By Dana Ferguson, Clay Masters and Peter Cox, Minnesota Public Radio News Minnesota lawmakers are preparing to work through the holiday weekend to complete budget bills and get ready for a possible special legislative session next week. The bulk of a $66 billion, two-year budget remained unfinished on Thursday as legislators met largely behind closed doors to resolve disagreements about how to fund health and social services programs, public sch…
Pine Journal
What the Minnesota Legislature did, and didn’t, get done during the regular session
ST. PAUL — By the Minnesota Legislature's Monday, May 19 regular session adjournment, 26 bills had been sent to Gov. Tim Walz's desk. In 2023, the Legislature's last budget crafting session, 52 bills and a full budget had been sent to Walz's desk by the end of the session. A closely divided Legislature of 101 DFL-ers and 100 Republicans positioned this year's Legislature to move at a slower pace than the past two years, with a full state budget …
Lawmakers form 'working groups' to negotiate final portions of state budget AlphaNews.org
Share This StoryThe constitutional deadline for adjourning this year’s legislative session came and went on May 19 without a completed state budget. Now, Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders will need a special session to finalize what’s expected to be a $67 billion state budget. The agreement on that budget, which was reached last week by state leaders, outlines how much the state will spend over two years and contains major policy provisions.…
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