Legislative

Letter to Congressional delegation on DOJ funding

March 6, 2024 Dear members of the Minnesota congressional delegation: On behalf of Minnesota Famers Union (MFU), I urge you to take immediate and decisive action to protect funding for…

Legislative Update: Successful Lobby Day held

Just one week after legislators gathered in St. Paul for the start of the 2024 legislative session, MFU members from across the state gathered for our annual Lobby Day. More…

Legislative Update: Legislative session begins

The 2024 legislative session officially kicked off on Monday, Feb. 12 for the second year of what has already proved to be a consequential biennium for policy in Minnesota. MFU’s leadership…

Legislative Update: With session over, focus turns to farm bill

The Minnesota state legislative session ended on Monday, May 22, completing a deal to fund state government for the next two years. You can read about how the session wrapped…

Legislative Update: Legislature wraps up work on May 22

With hours to spare, the legislature adjourned on Monday, May 22 after reaching deals on healthcare, taxes, and infrastructure that completed their work on Minnesota’s biannual budget. Through the final…

Legislative Update: Five days to go in session 2023

Just days remain for state lawmakers to wrap up their work on a state budget by the session’s constitutional adjournment date on Monday, May 22. House leadership had previously shared…

Legislative Update: Ag bill clears conference committee

Less than two weeks remain in the state legislative session and lawmakers are working nights and weekends to wrap up budget and policy proposals ahead of their constitutional adjournment deadline…

Legislative Update: Conference committee negotiations underway

With less than three weeks until the state legislature’s deadline to adjourn on Monday, May 22, chairs in both bodies are busy negotiating the differences between House and Senate proposals…

Legislative Update: Ag conference committee members named

The state legislature adjourns in just over three weeks and lawmakers need to complete their work to craft a spending, tax and policy package that will make up the state…

Rep. Ginny Klevorn’s (DFL-Plymouth) State Government budget bill (HF1830) passed the House (70-59) on Tuesday.
Legislative Update: House bill supports AG’s antitrust work

With just over a month—and even fewer legislative days—left in the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers are continuing to work long hours toward their May 22 deadline. This past week included…