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Seeking budget deal by end of May, MN lawmakers work Memorial Day weekend
State lawmakers plan to work through the Memorial Day weekend to finalize Minnesota’s next $66 billion, two-year budget, ...
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Another day with no major budget agreements, but negotiations finally going public
Hortman said now that this week has been ruled out for a special session, the next deadline might be to finish before June 1, ...
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The Minnesota Legislature never really adjourned. It just went behind closed doors
Lawmakers are meeting in private to craft the budget bills they failed to pass in session. No special session has been ...
MN Legislature: Budget negotiations go behind closed doors
Only one bill that’s part of the $66 billion budget framework deal is getting public hearings so far: taxes. Other meetings ...
Minnesota legislators negotiating biggest pieces of $66 billion budget in private
Legislators kicked a Minnesota Star Tribune reporter out of Human Services working group meeting after initially allowing her ...
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Minnesota Budget Work Moves Behind Closed Doors
In the place of committee meetings, lawmakers are meeting in working groups to go over the budget. With the exception of a ...
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Pushback arrives as Minnesota lawmakers continue state budget negotiations
At the Minnesota Capitol, there have not been many signs of progress in state budget negotiations, but there has been plenty of pushback.
Frustration after bill to address fraud doesn't get a vote on the Minnesota House floor
One piece of legislation that was left on the Capitol floor at the end of the session was a bill that would create an Office ...