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.

Legislature OKs background checks for coaches
School coaches and volunteers who lead or help with extracurricular activities may have to submit to criminal background checks under legislation on its way to Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
Plenty of work to be done at the Capitol
House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL-Minneapolis, and Senate Assistant Majority Leader Tarryl Clark, DFL-St. Cloud, join Midday to discuss the key legislation yet to be resolved before the end of the session.
Republicans plan to make gas taxes a campaign issue
The price of gas nationally gas hit a record today according to AAA, and it's close to the record in Minnesota. Republicans are hoping to make the price of gas and the transportation bill a campaign issue.
Pawlenty signs bill advancing Iron Range cancer study
The rare lung cancer afflicting miners on the Iron Range will be the topic of extensive study now that Governor Tim Pawlenty has signed a bill providing money for the research.