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Minnesota lawmakers have passed a new budget and adjourned a one-day special session. Some layoffs at the Minnesota Department of Health are canceled. And winners of Minnesota's first cannabis lottery were mistakenly told Monday they did not secure a license.
A special session has been underway today at the state Capitol to pass a budget. Of the 14 bills that are up for a vote, one bill that would remove adult immigrants without legal status from MinnesotaCare passed the House by a small margin.
State lawmakers return to St. Paul Monday for a special session of the Minnesota Legislature. The Trump administration’s travel ban is now in effect. And the Minnesota Lynx have started the WNBA season on a 9-game winning streak.
A special session has been called for the Minnesota Legislature - it will happen three weeks to the day after the regular session finished. And a jury has found Derrick Thompson guilty of all charges in the deaths of five women who were in a vehicle struck by the SUV Thompson was driving in 2023.
The Trump administration’s new travel ban is impacting many immigrants living in Minnesota, including those who moved here from Somalia and Afghanistan. The Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office has charged a man with obstructing and fleeing police at a protest that followed a raid on a Lake Street restaurant.
A Homeland Security agent from the Twin Cities is jailed and charged with producing child sex abuse material. And Gov. Tim Walz says his office did not get a heads-up about a federal raid of a south Minneapolis restaurant earlier this week.
Gov. Tim Walz says his administration will send out tens of thousands of layoff notices by Monday if legislative leaders don't reach a final deal before then that can win passage in a special legislative session.
Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer, the GOP House whip, praised the Trump administration’s tax bill during a telephone town hall Wednesday night. A former federal law enforcement leader says he was surprised by the tactics used during Tuesday’s raid on a south Minneapolis restaurant. 
A large federal law enforcement presence drew protesters to Lake Street in Minneapolis Tuesday. But officials say it was part of a narcotics and money laundering investigation and not related to immigration.
An education bill has been agreed on in a Minnesota Legislature working group, meaning it is ready to move on to a special session. And the Minnesota Department of Health is reporting two new measles cases in the Twin Cities.