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.

May 25, 2011 5:51 PM

The specter of a shutdown looms over government workers

If no budget agreement is reached by July 1, the state would furlough most of its more than 30,000 workers, everyone of them going without a paycheck for an indeterminate amount of time.

by Martin Moylan

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May 25, 2011 4:16 PM

Rhetoric gets more heated between Dayton, GOP lawmakers

DFL Gov. Mark Dayton is calling out first-term GOP lawmakers as "right-wing extremists" who are blocking a compromise on a state budget deal. and defends his budget plan, which would cut spending and raise income taxes on Minnesota's top earners. Republicans say their plan is better because it doesn't raise taxes.

by Tom Scheck

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May 24, 2011 1:38 AM

Legislature adjourns without passing Legacy bill

Lawmakers will have to take up the $450 million spending measure in a special session. The House debated it up until the midnight deadline for adjournment without taking a vote.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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May 24, 2011 12:43 AM

No budget deal makes Minn. special session certain

With Dayton promising to veto the Republicans' budget bills, a special session is likely. With neither side talking about compromise yet, the state appears headed for a July 1 government shutdown.

by Tom Scheck

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May 24, 2011 12:27 AM

Session closes with no progress on a budget deal

Instead of a last rush of activity to finish by the midnight deadline, the GOP-controlled Legislature plodded along, debating issues such as civil lawsuits and the distribution of dedicated funds to outdoors and cultural programs.

by Martiga Lohn

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May 23, 2011 4:44 PM

Attention turns to special session as Capitol gridlock continues

With only a few hours to go in the legislative session, state lawmakers are plodding toward a midnight adjournment with no hope of reaching a budget agreement.

by Tim Pugmire

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May 21, 2011 6:19 PM

No movement on the budget divide as session winds down

There's little movement on the budget, with some lawmakers even suggesting making contingency plans should a stalemate cause a government shutdown at the end of June. But the House appears poised to debate a same-sex marriage ballot measure.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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May 21, 2011 5:10 PM

House debates same-sex marriage amendment

The Senate has already passed the amendment. If the House follows suit, a question would be put on the 2012 ballot asking voters whether marriage should be defined as "between one man and one woman." The State Constitution would be amended if a majority of those voting in the election vote yes.