Minnesota Reformer

A man impersonating a police officer shot Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband in their Brooklyn Park home. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot multiple times.

Although education spending will increase, school districts will notice cuts to state aid for special education, school libraries and student supports like counselors and nurses.

The budget bills take a step towards resolving the deficit projected to begin in the 2028-29 budget years, but don’t avert it entirely.

Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders have agreed to a one-day special session in which they need to pass 14 mostly budget-related bills.

This comes after weeks of behind-closed-doors meetings between Walz, House Speaker Lisa Demuth, House DFL caucus leader Melissa Hortman and Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy.

Bonding bills require a 60% supermajority in both the House and Senate to pass, meaning it needs robust bipartisan support. Partisan tensions appear to have won out this year.

With four days left in the legislative session, the agreement does not appear to have the support required to pass the Senate. A special session is likely.

Craig, who has represented the 2nd District since 2019, will battle Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in what is expected to be a grueling and expensive Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary.

Walz, who says he’ll announce whether he’ll run for a third term after the legislative session, spoke for about 22 minutes in the well of the Minnesota House on April 23, 2025.

The figures come from a new Walz administration tracker of federal funding pauses and rescissions to Minnesota that officials say will be updated daily.