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State Sen. Nicole Mitchell resigned her Senate seat last Friday, a week after being convicted of felony burglary following an April 22, 2024 arrest at her stepmother’s home in Becker County.
On Friday, a Becker County jury convicted Sen. Nicole Mitchell (DFL-Woodbury) of felony first degree burglary and possession of burglary tools after a week-long trail in northern Minnesota.
Governor Walz announces the special election to fill House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman’s seat.
Three weeks after the 2025 legislative session ended, the legislature held a one-day special session to take up and pass the remaining pieces of the state’s biennial budget and avert the looming partial government shutdown that would have started July 1st.
Earlier today, Gov. Tim Walz formally called the Minnesota Legislature back to the State Capitol for a special legislative session, beginning Monday, June 9, 2025, at 10:00 am.
While the Minnesota legislature may have adjourned the 2025 legislative session at midnight on May 19, 2025, most legislators remained around the State Capitol last week in anticipation of a possible special legislative session.
Last Thursday, Gov. Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Erin Murphy (DFL-St. Paul), Speaker of the House Rep. Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spring), and Speaker Emeritus Rep. Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) held a joint press conference to announce that they had reached a “global budget deal.”
With just a week remaining in the 2025 legislative session, lawmakers remain focused on the state budget, and many have been meeting in conference committee to discuss the differences between each chamber’s budget proposals while they wait for legislative leadership and Gov. Tim Walz to agree on global budget targets.
Will the legislature finish on time? With only two weeks left in the 2025 legislative session, much work needs to be done to complete the biennial budget and pass any other pieces of priority legislation.
With only three weeks remaining in the legislative session, Gov. Tim Walz gave his State of the State speech last week.
The legislature returns from Easter/Passover break today with a significant amount of work to do in just four short weeks.
