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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.

Voters: Why can't our leaders make a deal?

Voters: Why can't our leaders make a deal?

Minnesotans around the Twin Cities answer the question, "Why do you think the Minnesota legislature and governor reach a budget deal?"
by Carolina Astrain

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List: What's open and what's closed in the shutdown?

List: What's open and what's closed in the shutdown?

A handy list of which state services are closed and which are open in the state government shutdown.
by Molly Bloom

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Guards remain, staff gone at Minn. prisons

Correction officers at state prisons are working without support staff. Daily activities and programs as well as recreation and inmate visits are canceled.

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Why couldn't Dayton and the GOP agree on a budget solution?

Why couldn't Dayton and the GOP agree on a budget solution?

Many state government functions are closed Friday, as Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders failed to solve a $5 billion budget shortfall by the June 30 deadline. How did it get to this point, and what can be done to get the state moving again?
by Mike Mulcahy

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Q & A: How will the shutdown affect roads?

Metro Transit buses and trains are operating on normal schedules, the Stillwater Lift Bridge is open, but road construction projects have stopped.
by Cathy Wurzer and Dan Olson

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Kaler: U of M to operate as normal after shutdown

Eric Kaler said the school will operate as normal during the shutdown even without money from the state. Classes and research will continue and hospitals and clinics will stay open.
by Tim Post

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State government halts, finger pointing starts

State government halts, finger pointing starts

The Minnesota state government shut down early Friday after budget talks broke down Thursday between Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP legislative leaders.
by Tom Scheck

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Q & A: State employee shares sense of gravity

Q & A: State employee shares sense of gravity

Along with members of the public who might be affected by a state government shutdown are approximately 22,000 non-essential state employees who would lose their jobs for an unspecified length of time.

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Budget talks continue, so does vow of silence

There's still no budget deal between DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders, and that means the start of a state government shutdown is now less than 16 hours away.
by Cathy Wurzer and Tim Pugmire

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