MN Legislative RSS

• ‘No easy fix:’ legislative reform subcommittee holds first meeting
  Special sessions have become the rule rather than the exception in recent years. That's one of the reasons the House Subcommittee on Legislative Process Reform was created.
• Governor signs special session budget bills into law
• After sunrise, the sun sets on 2019 special session
  It took a grueling special session that stretched past sunrise, but Minnesota lawmakers completed their work early Saturday morning on passing a new two-year state budget.
• House passes omnibus education bill during special session, includes $543 million funding boost
  Waiting until the last minute to get work done is not a strategy only utilized by students, as lawmakers can attest. In the final hour of a one-day special session, the House voted 112-13 to pass a $20.1 billion two-year omnibus E-12 education finance bill Saturday morning.
• Omnibus state government bill going to governor has $60 million base increase
  The omnibus state government, military affairs, and veterans affairs finance bill was passed 77-49 by the House and 65-2 by the Senate after sunrise Saturday.