Minnesota, budget and The Legislature
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Minnesota lawmakers will return to the capitol on Monday to begin what Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders hope will be a one-day special session to pass the rest of the next two-year state budget.
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KEYC News Now on MSNSpecial Minnesota legislative session underway in St. PaulWhile a number of special sessions were held during the COVID pandemic, it’s the first to deal with an unfinished state budget since 2019.
A budget bottleneck came unclogged as the Minnesota Legislature bolted through bill after bill to finish a $66 billion two-year spending plan.
Now off to the governor’s desk, the roughly 15 budget bills will allow the state to avert a July 1st government shutdown.
Minnesota lawmakers returned to the Capitol Monday morning to complete the state’s next two-year budget as agencies prepared to warn thousands of government employees of a potential government shutdown next month.