The Minnesota Senate passed a bipartisan bill to overhaul public sector pensions, improving retirement benefits and COLAs for teachers, firefighters, and other employees.

A special session is all but certain as lawmakers scramble to pass only 6 of the 16 budget bills as the legislative session comes to a close Monday night.

With the the 2025 state legislative session winding down without a new budget deal in place, and a special session now all but certain, Minnesota’s previous budget surplus—to the record-setting tune of $17.

When President Donald Trump announced the lifting of US sanctions on Syria during his trip to the Middle East this week, it marked a major policy shift that could reshape the region and triggered a scramble across the US government to implement the decision, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is vocally defending the state’s expansive health care benefits program, even as far-left Gov. Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice-presidential contender, acknowledges that the program is experiencing unplanned, unsustainable growth in spending.

Minnesota Senate passed a bill reforming pensions, lowering teacher retirement age to 60 and increasing COLAs.

The Minnesota House of Representatives has passed the Pensions Budget bill, which now goes to Governor Walz's desk.

Dozens gathered outside the Minnesota House chamber on Friday to protest a key policy change that DFL and GOP leaders agreed to, in order to ink a budget deal.