Hortman: Walz will likely agree to give up emergency powers to end session
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DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman says she believes the special session will wrap with an agreement for Governor Tim Walz to end his emergency powers.
Walz first declared the peacetime emergency over a year ago to address COVID-19. Republicans have said for months that they want the emergency powers to end.
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