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Page added to House website for special session working group information

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With a special session needed for the Legislature to finish its work, it can be hard to follow what is going on in working groups.

To help, a page has been created on the House website to track documents, such as spreadsheets, policy trackers and bill drafts.

Working group meetings are to be posted on the combined legislative schedule.

House leaders said May 22 that lawmakers were nearing agreements on unfinished bills.


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Working group strikes agreement on environment and natural resources finance, policy package
In this tight two-year budget cycle, it’s not surprising that several omnibus budget bills have turned to raising fees or adding surcharges to state services to meet their lean ...
Page added to House website for special session working group information
House Photography file photo With a special session needed for the Legislature to finish its work, it can be hard to follow what is going on in working groups. To help, a page has been created on the Ho...
Working group finds agreement on workforce budget bill
An agreement on the workforce, labor and economic development budget bill would reduce General Fund expenditures while preserving many grant programs championed in the Senate bi...
House leaders say lawmakers nearing agreements on unfinished bills
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and House Speaker Lisa Demuth react to a question during a May 22 media availability where they provided updates on working group activity to finish the state’s budget setting for the 2026-27 biennium. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) Lawmakers are nearing the completion of bills left over from the regular legislative session that ended Monday. In an update Thursday, House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spri...
Tax working group the first to make public preparations for a special session
Spectators and other interested parties await the arrival of the House and Senate members of the taxes working group Wednesday morning. Photo by Andrew VonBank Let’s start with the revenue, shall we? While that might not have been the suggestion that jumpstarted the process of crafting a 2025 Minnesota tax bill, the Legislature’s f...
Legislature — with budget incomplete — gavels out, prepares for special session
House Speaker Lisa Demuth and Republican Floor Leader Harry Niska speak with the media following the May 19 end of the regular legislative session. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) Some years, state legislative sessions surge to a climax on their final day, a flurry of activity providing a sustained adrenaline rush, culminating in smiles of satisfaction as...
House, Senate pass state government and elections bill ahead of session's adjournment
Rep. Jim Nash and Rep. Ginny Klevorn, co-chairs of the House State Government Finance and Policy Committee, confer on the House floor May 17 during an afternoon recess. (Photo by Andrew VonBank) 10:37 p.m. — UPDATED following floor votes With about 90 minutes to spare on the last evening of the regular legislative session, House and Senate members passed a conferenc...
House votes to extend unemployment benefits to Iron Range miners, Senate takes no action
In the final few hours of regular session, the House provided what supporters called a lifeline for workers on the Iron Range.   A bill that would extend the availabili...
Lawmakers pass bill boosting pensions for Minnesota teachers, police and firefighters
Rep. Tim O’Driscoll, left, and Rep. Leon Lillie, members of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, share a moment following May 19 House passage of the omnibus pension bill. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) Educators and public safety personnel would benefit greatly from the omnibus pension and retirement bill. “With the passage of this bill, those Minnesotans that keep us safe...
Human services policy bill handily passed by House, Senate
The right to a designated support person for nursing home residents, prohibiting county boards from charging for emergency services provided to clients experiencing emotion...

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Legislature — with budget incomplete — gavels out, prepares for special session
Some years, state legislative sessions surge to a climax on their final day, a flurry of activity providing a sustained adrenaline rush, culminating in smiles of satisfaction as...
Walz, lawmakers strike budget deal in session's final days
With five days to go in the 2025 session, three of four legislative leaders announced a budget agreement Thursday that would sunset unemployment insurance for hourly school empl...