One week into special session, Minnesota lawmakers at a standstill on $52 billion budget
The Legislature faces a June 30 deadline to complete a state budget. If they can t make it, they could force a state government shutdown. 3:28 pm, Jun. 18, 2021 ×
Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, gaveled the Minnesota House of Representatives in for a special legislative session on Monday, June 14, 2021. (Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service)
ST. PAUL The Minnesota Legislature on Friday, June 18, neared the close of the first week of a special legislative session without passing and sending a single budget bill to the governor s desk.
After briefly debating a jobs and economic development omnibus bill on Friday, June 18, the Minnesota Senate adjourned for the weekend before casting a vote on the proposal. The bill was amended to include oil refinery safety measures then abruptly tabled. The Senate a day earlier teed up budget bills dealing wit
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