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Minnesota leaders announce with budget agreement with rollbacks of health coverage for undocumented immigrants, sparking pushback
Legislative leaders in a divided state capitol on Thursday announced a roughly $66 billion budget framework to fund the ...
Undoing health care for undocumented adults threatens Minnesota budget deal in session’s final days
Faith groups, unions and progressive elected officials are expected to flood the Minnesota Capitol on Friday to hold vigils ...
Some Minnesota lawmakers say they will vote down budget proposal, here's why
Despite coming to a budget compromise earlier this week, some DFL lawmakers are saying they will vote down the proposed ...
Dozens at Minnesota Capitol protest deal that includes health coverage rollback for undocumented immigrants
Dozens gathered outside the Minnesota House chamber on Friday to protest a key policy change that DFL and GOP leaders agreed ...
Minnesota lawmakers strike budget deal, protest erupts on ending health care for undocumented adults
Deal comes after about two weeks of closed-door negotiations. A special session may be needed to finish the work.
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Budget breakthrough? What Gov. Walz and the Legislature did and didn’t accomplish
Explaining Thursday’s State Capitol budget news amid the bipartisan boasting and a frenzied pushback in Gov. Tim Walz's ...
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Minnesota lawmakers continue work on budget agreement; problems caused by closure of Stillwater prison disagreements
Lawmakers at the Minnesota Capitol will be working through the weekend to complete the overall budget agreement.
Walz contrasts Minnesota’s bipartisan budget breakthrough with Washington’s deep divisions
Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the Minnesota Legislature have announced a hard-fought budget deal. They used the occasion ...
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Minnesota corrections officers, unions demand halt to proposed closure of Stillwater prison
The request from correctional staff and unions comes in response to a budget deal from Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders ...
Stillwater prison closure, immigrant care debate may imperil MN budget deal
Margins are extremely tight in both the Senate and House, and a handful of defections on various bills that form the budget would stall progress. The DFL has a one-seat majority in the Senate, and ...
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New proposal would raise sales tax on cannabis in Minnesota
As Minnesota lawmakers continue working towards finalizing the state budget, an item on the newly announced budget agreement is facing opposition.