Legislative

All eyes are on the federal government this week as they race to fund the government, extend the Farm Bill and approve disaster aid ahead of a year-end deadline. Minnesota…

The state legislative session came to a dramatic end at midnight on May 20, ahead of the constitutional deadline. As in past years, the ending was chaotic, if decidedly more…

Less than six days remain in the state legislative session and a final deal on many priority items remains out of reach. That said, conference committees are meeting across many…

Lawmakers are working long hours at the State Capitol and that pace isn’t expected to break through the end of the legislative session on Monday, May 20. Since last week’s…

With the start of May, there are just over two weeks until the end of the legislative session. Supplemental budget bills continue to move forward despite contentious developments in the…

This week, Senate and House committees released their supplemental funding proposals for agriculture and other jurisdictions ahead of a final legislative deadline this Friday. MFU priorities—including addressing a shortfall in…

Lawmakers returned on Tuesday after a short holiday recess, leaving less than two months to wrap legislative work ahead of their constitutional adjournment on May 20. Each day lawmakers convene…

As of Wednesday, March 27, the legislature is preparing to break for a short holiday recess after a busy lead-up to committee deadlines and the release of joint budget targets.…

As of today, most legislative committees have just one or two committee hearings left to hear new proposals before committee deadlines on Friday, March 22. Last week, the MinnesotaCare Public…

While much of MFU’s team was in Scottsdale for the National Farmers Union annual convention, the state legislature barreled toward a March 22 deadline to hear new proposals. The National…