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.

February 28, 2008 9:20 AM

Minnesota's budget deficit nearly $1 billion

Minnesota's projected budget deficit nearly tripled Thursday, growing to $935 million and making spending cuts tougher to avoid.

by Tom Scheck

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February 28, 2008 3:15 AM

State budget outlook expected to go from bad to worse

Almost everybody at the Capitol is expecting that the state's projected budget deficit will grow.

by Tom Scheck

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February 26, 2008 4:14 PM

Higher gas tax not playing well in Anoka

An unscientific survey in a district represented by a Republican who voted for the veto override finds drivers upset about the prospect of paying higher gas taxes.

by Curtis Gilbert

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February 26, 2008 3:14 PM

Pawlenty, Republican leaders circle the wagons after gas tax defeat

Gov. Tim Pawlenty is talking tough one day after the Legislature voted to override his veto of a $6.6 billion transportation bill. Pawlenty says the override vote has started a taxpayer revolt that will end on Election Day.

by Tom Scheck

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February 26, 2008 3:05 AM

After the override, the fallout

Democrats and Republicans at the Minnesota Capitol are trying to gauge the political fallout from the override of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto of the transportation bill.

by Tim Pugmire

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February 25, 2008 10:52 PM

Lawmakers seek greater scrutiny of school buses

Minnesota's school buses and the people that drive them may soon be under even more scrutiny than ever.

by Tim Nelson

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February 25, 2008 4:50 PM

House and Senate override governor's veto

A $6.6 billion transportation bill is now law after both the Minnesota House and Senate voted for the first time to override a veto from Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

by Tom Scheck

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February 25, 2008 11:01 AM

Transportation veto override vote highlights week ahead at the Capitol

A multi-billion dollar transportation bill at the State Capitol could face a key vote in the Minnesota House Monday.

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February 21, 2008 3:00 AM

Pressure builds as transportation vote nears

The House and Senate are expected to vote Thursday on a multi-billion dollar transportation funding bill. DFL leaders in the House are working to convince 90 members to vote for the bill -- that's the number needed to override a veto.

by Tom Scheck