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Legislature passes $48 billion budget, ends special session
Lawmakers ended their special session Saturday morning after working on and off through the night to pass major budget bills.
Despite solid votes for insulin help, it falls out of final budget deal
A provision to make insulin available to people who can't afford it was nixed in closed-door negotiations on the health and human services budget. Each side blamed the other for its failure to make it into a final bill.
A sampling of Minnesota political stories to get your Thursday started.
The Legislature will head soon into special session to vote on a final version of a new two-year state budget, which was assembled largely behind closed doors.
A roundup of political news from around the region.
Rounding up news from the Capitol and elsewhere in the world of politics.
Session crawls into overtime
Lawmakers limped to the finish of the 2019 session Monday night knowing they will have to come back in a special session to finish work on a new two-year state budget.