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State Legislative Update Updated budget forecast to be announced Tuesday A much anticipated update to February’s economic forecast for the State of Minnesota is expected to be released on Tuesday,... Continue Reading →
State Legislative Update Contract ratification bill moves in House On Thursday, the House State Government Finance committee passed HF 2768 by a partisan vote of 11-7 and referred the bill... Continue Reading →
State Legislative Update Senate Finance Committee passes bill creating COVID-19 relief account Yesterday Senate Finance committee members passed SF 4486, a bill sponsored by Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Vernon Center, which... Continue Reading →
State Legislative Update House higher education committee hears school closure bill On Wednesday the House Higher Education Policy and Finance Division met remotely to take up a bill, introduced by... Continue Reading →
State Legislative Update The Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate will hold floor session tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7, to take up legislation to address workers’ compensation claims for... Continue Reading →
State Legislative Update Walz delivers State of the State address Governor Tim Walz delivered his 2020 State of the State address this evening live from the Governor’s residence. Walz said... Continue Reading →
State Legislative Update Governor to give State of the State address Sunday Governor Tim Walz announced yesterday that he will give his State of the State address Sunday, April 5,... Continue Reading →
State Legislative Update Minnesota House and Senate legislative activity Minnesota Senate Republican leadership announced yesterday that they intend for the Senate to come back into session and pass legislation to... Continue Reading →
State Updates Changes to the legislative schedule announced The leaders of the four legislative caucuses announced changes to the legislative schedule in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at a press... Continue Reading →
Minnesota State updates Senate committee on efforts surrounding COVID-19 Minnesota State Chancellor Devinder Malhotra spoke with the Senate Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee members earlier today regarding the system's... Continue Reading →
House higher education committee hears series of student consumer protection bills A number of bills were heard in the House Higher Education Finance and Policy Division earlier this week with... Continue Reading →
Super Tuesday Voters in Minnesota will have an opportunity today to cast a vote to decide who will be the Democratic and Republican nominees for President of the United States.... Continue Reading →
Minnesota State discusses bonding at Capitol Yesterday, Minnesota State Chancellor Devinder Malhotra and Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Brian Yolitz were before the House Capital Investment division to discuss the... Continue Reading →
Committee activity dominates second week of legislative session This week has proven to be busy with lengthy committee agendas and meetings that go into the evening. The first committee deadline... Continue Reading →
Committee hearings pick up next week The higher education committees did not meet this week, but they will start to hear presentations from the higher education systems next week. On... Continue Reading →
Special election results Yesterday, voters in two legislative districts – House District 30A and House District 60A – cast their ballots in special elections to determine who will represent them... Continue Reading →
Original article from January 24, 2020 Legislative leaders set 2020 committee deadlines The Legislature is required to establish by concurrent resolution deadlines for each regular session. The deadlines do not... Continue Reading →
Governor proposes $2.59 billion infrastructure package Yesterday Governor Tim Walz made public the final pieces of his bonding bill, after rolling out his recommendations for housing, water infrastructure and higher... Continue Reading →
Governor recommends $263.7 million in bonding for Minnesota State Earlier today, Governor Tim Walz released his higher education bonding proposal for the 2020 legislative session that includes $263.7 million for... Continue Reading →
The 2019 regular legislative session officially adjourned Monday, May 20, 2019 at midnight with legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz having come to a global budget agreement in the final... Continue Reading →
Original post from 5/25/19At 6:57 a.m. today, the 2019 Special Session of the Minnesota Legislature adjourned following passage of the remaining budget and finance bills. The entire special session lasted... Continue Reading →
The 2019 regular legislative session officially adjourned Monday, May 20, 2019 at midnight with legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz having come to a global agreement on the 2020-2021 budget... Continue Reading →
The higher education conference committee passed the higher education report earlier this evening. The expectation is that the bill will be taken up on the floor of both bodies... Continue Reading →
Budget agreement reached$150 million target for higher education Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders reached a bipartisan budget agreement this evening. The Governor, House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, and... Continue Reading →
With days of stalled budget negotiations, there appears to be progress as legislative leaders and Gov. Walz met until about 2:00 a.m. today and are going back in later this morning... Continue Reading →
Higher education conference committee wraps up discussion for the week The omnibus higher education conference committee met again today and walked through the policy provisions in the House bill. No... Continue Reading →
The higher education omnibus bill conference committee met again yesterday afternoon, and took more public testimony regarding the House and Senate versions of the bill. Following testimony, conferees adopted identical... Continue Reading →
The higher education omnibus bill conference committee met today and walked through the Senate and House bills. Vice Chancellor of Finance Laura King testified regarding Minnesota State’s concerns with the... Continue Reading →
Original article sent out on May 6, 2019 Today marks the second agreed-upon deadline when all fiscal targets are to be provided to the chairs of conference committees on major... Continue Reading →
Conferees are being announced to work through the differences of the different omnibus appropriation bills. For the omnibus higher education bill, the conferees appointed include: Senate Chair Senator Paul Anderson,... Continue Reading →
