House committee action is expected late Thursday on an amendment related to expanded background checks and another related to court orders to keep firearms from people deemed a risk. Senate Republicans oppose both.
House DFL leaders laid out a plan for roads and bridges that will raise the gas tax by 20 cents per gallon. But Republicans in a Senate committee rejected a similar tax increase proposed by Gov. Tim Walz.
Gov. Tim Walz is proposing $1.6 million in one-time funding for outreach on the once-a-decade population count, and legislators are pitching even more funding for the census.