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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.

DFL spending cuts target hospitals, HMOs

DFL spending cuts target hospitals, HMOs

Minnesota House Democrats are proposing a health and human services budget that spares drastic cuts to poor people, the elderly and people with disabilities. Instead, the proposal would raise about $152 million through additional charges on the state's hospitals and HMOs.
by Tom Scheck

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Lawmaker pay raise in Minn. budget bill

Minnesota lawmakers would get their first pay boosts since the late 1990s under a budget proposal rolled out Tuesday in the Senate that also includes salary increases for the governor and top agency leaders.
by Tim Pugmire and Brian Bakst, Associated Press

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Dayton forces DFL to reconsider gas tax hike

Dayton forces DFL to reconsider gas tax hike

The chairs of the House and Senate Transportation committees are redrafting their budget bills after Governor Dayton repeated his opposition to a gas tax increase. Rep. Frank Hornstein, DFL-Minneapolis, says they are reworking the bill after Dayton's comments earlier in the day.
by Tom Scheck

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House Democrats to release K-12 priorities

House Speaker Paul Thissen and other House DFLers are holding a Tuesday press conference to roll out there education finance bill which includes funding allocations for the state's K-12 system.

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Minn. lawmakers to hear federal cuts update

A month into the federal budget cuts known as sequestration, Minnesota lawmakers are getting an update on how the reductions have played out here.

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