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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.

Lawmakers need Sunday session to finish work

Lawmakers need Sunday session to finish work

Monday is the constitutional deadline to adjourn, but they can't pass any bills on the final day and they typically frown on meeting on Sunday. Even though there is disappointment that there is work left to do, several major initiatives passed over the last 24 hours including approval of two stadiums.
by Tom Scheck

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Lawmakers nail down bonding bill, aim to finish on time

Lawmakers nail down bonding bill, aim to finish on time

Legislative negotiators struck a deal late Friday on a billion-dollar construction budget, clearing a path to an on-time finish to this year's session. The $1 billion capital bonding bill contains a laundry list of construction projects around Minnesota.
by Martiga Lohn

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Midday: Live at the Capitol

Midday: Live at the Capitol

With just days to go before the end of the 2006 legislative session, Midday talks to a host of influential lawmakers in a live broadcast from the Capitol rotunda.
by Mike Mulcahy

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Lawmakers set stage for orderly end to session

Lawmakers set stage for orderly end to session

Legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Pawlenty have reached agreement on a spending plan they say paves the way for an orderly end to the legislative session.
by Tom Scheck

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Legislature approaches the finish line

Legislature approaches the finish line

The Minnesota Legislature has until Monday to take care of its business and adjourn. Where do things stand at the Capitol as the session enters its final days?
by Laura McCallum and Tom Scheck

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One eye's on the gas pump, the other's on the ballot box

One eye's on the gas pump, the other's on the ballot box

Legislators acknowledge there's not much the state can do about the high prices. But that may not matter to voters who could take out their frustration on incumbents this fall.
by Laura McCallum

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Legislators of sessions past share their wisdom

Three veterans of the Minnesota Legislature explain how lawmaking works... and sometimes doesn't work.

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Final month of the session: The Senate perspective

What does the Minnesota Senate hope to accomplish in the final month of the legislative session?

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Session enters its final weeks

Session enters its final weeks

What do legislative leaders hope to accomplish as they head into the home stretch of the 2006 session?

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How is the session shaping up?

How is the session shaping up?

The Minnesota Legislature is in recess for Easter and Passover. What have they accomplished so far this session?
by Tim Pugmire, Laura McCallum and Tom Scheck

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