Earlier this year, the USDA cut the federal $650 million Local Food for Schools program. The program provided funding for states to purchase food from local farmers and distribute it to schools and childcare programs…
Cannabis Budget & Policy Provisions
The final Commerce budget deal included OCM’s operating adjustment. This funding will help ensure a safe legal marijuana market, following OCM’s June 5th license lottery…
Capital Investment: Investing in
Infrastructure for Minnesota’s Future
This year’s bonding bill (HF 18) made enormous progress in ensuring that Minnesota will continue to be a healthier, safer, better-educated, and more prosperous place to live for everyone…
Minnesota’s reinsurance program started in 2017. Minnesota’s reinsurance program was created to stabilize high health insurance premiums on the individual insurance market which is for people who are not covered through their employers or eligible for Medicare or Medicaid…
The special session omnibus education finance bill balances the E-12 budget with a zero-dollar target in the next biennium and a $420 million cut target in fiscal years 2028-29…
The 2025 energy budget delivers a bipartisan and fiscally responsible energy plan that advances Minnesota’s transition to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 and offers new protections Minnesota ratepayers….
This year’s environment and natural resources budget invests in Minnesota’s natural spaces, the agencies that protect them, and the diverse communities that enjoy them….
The 2025 Health and Human Services budget bill (HF 2, 1st Special Session) preserves access to health care for Minnesotans across the state. The Senate DFL majority championed provisions that invested in health care systems heavily reliant on Medicaid…
Over the past two years, Minnesota has seen some of the highest college enrollment increases in the country thanks to investments made by Senate DFLers in 2023. This budget continues that work by investing critical funds to close the shortfall in the State Grant program…
Honoring & Supporting Veterans
Honoring and supporting our veterans remains a top priority for the DFL. This year, the Senate passed a standalone bipartisan Veterans and Military Affairs Omnibus Bill that invests in the health and well-being of Minnesota’s Veteran community….
Housing & Homelessness Prevention
The cost of housing is higher than ever in Minnesota, and the dream of homeownership is slipping out of reach for more and more families…
The 2025 Human Services budget bill (HF 3, 1st Special Session) and the Human Services policy bill (HF 2115) include targeted spending to support the direct care workforce, policies that improve and increase access to care and services, and budget adjustments that stabilize future growth….
Investing in Jobs and Economic Growth for Everyone
DFLers on the Jobs Committee made investments across the entire state, supporting programs and organizations in our urban, suburban, exurban, and rural communities…
Tragedies like the one that happened last September at the Park Tavern can and should be prevented. The legislature passed a DWI omnibus this year that included important reforms that strengthen Minnesota’s drunk driving laws and ignition interlock program…
This year’s Outdoor Heritage Fund funds the 2025 Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council recommendations. These activities include a wide variety of projects, including native prairie protection, wetland restoration, trout stream enhancement, public wildlife improvements, strategic land acquisition, invasive species removal, pollinator habitat creation, and more…
The pensions budget jurisdiction appropriates $80,000 to secure and strengthen pensions for E12 educators and public safety workers, including police officers, State Troopers, and firefighters…
Preventing Fraud Against Government Agencies
Since 2023, the DFL-led legislature has made dozens of policy changes to improve oversight over taxpayer-funded programs and prevent fraud against government…
Removing Health Care from Undocumented Adults Enrolled in MinnesotaCare
The new eligibility category for MinnesotaCare did not begin until January 1, 2025. Despite costing $3.9 million within the first five months of 2025, Republicans spent the session misleading the public by grossly inflating projected costs….
The 2025 State and Local Government budget funds vital state agencies and offices that Minnesotans rely on and that make Minnesota a great place for businesses and a great place to raise a family.…
Senate DFLers maintained key investments and policy victories in transportation and transit while helping to make adjustments to balance the state budget. The 2025 transportation bill seeks to balance cuts equally across regions of the state and varying modes of transportation….