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2025 Minnesota legislative session

MPR News is your source for updates on the 2025 Minnesota legislative session. Whether you’re looking for information about a new law or want an update on state funding decisions, you can find it here.

Dayton signs union bill; opponents prepare lawsuit

Gov. Mark Dayton has signed into law a bill that allows government-subsidized in-home child care providers and personal care assistants to unionize. One of the main groups that opposed the legislation says it will likely file suit Wednesday.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Gov. Dayton vetoes portion of Legacy bill

Gov. Dayton vetoes portion of Legacy bill

Two outdoor projects in the Legacy bill passed by the Legislature have been line-item vetoed by Gov. Mark Dayton: one which provides funding for habitat in the metro area and the other which targets aquatic invasive species. The governor says he responded to citizen pressure to drop funding for the two items.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Dayton's income tax draws complaints, praise from state's top earners

Dayton's income tax draws complaints, praise from state's top earners

A key source of revenue in the Minnesota's freshly minted budget is a new higher income tax rate that the top 2 percent of earners will pay. The tax increase moves the top rate from nearly 8 percent to 9.85 percent.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Environmental interests see gains in legislative session

Environmental interests see gains in legislative session

The just-completed legislative session stands apart from others by the availability of new money for the environment. After years of budget cuts and reallocations, state agencies now get a boost in funding, and a mandate to use it effectively.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Richard Carlbom: 'Quiet,' 'brilliant' general behind Minnesota's same-sex marriage law

Richard Carlbom: 'Quiet,' 'brilliant' general behind Minnesota's same-sex marriage law

Richard Carlbom led Minnesotans United for All Families to two historic victories: the defeat of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage last November, and the recent passage of the same-sex marriage bill.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Dayton signs bill funding all-day K, early childhood education

Dayton signs bill funding all-day K, early childhood education

Gov. Mark Dayton signed an education budget bill Wednesday that boosts funding for public schools over the next two years, funds all-day kindergarten statewide for the first time and retools high school testing requirements.
by Tim Pugmire

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What Minneapolis and St. Paul won at the Legislature

Minnesota’s two largest cities can count on millions of dollars in new state money as they plan their budgets for next year. The DFL strongholds clearly benefited from the party’s total control of state government this session. Here’s what they got: Local government Aid:  Minneapolis and St. Paul get more than a quarter of the…
by Curtis Gilbert

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What's cut, kept in divisive Legacy bill

The $496 million Legacy bill lawmakers sent to Gov. Mark Dayton on Monday received the most 'no' votes ever recorded for spending through the amendment voters approved in 2008 to send sales tax money to clean water, the outdoors, arts and parks.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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