With policy negotiations ongoing and fewer than half of all budget bills passing through the Legislature, there is still work ahead for lawmakers, who were scheduled to complete the session Monday

The Minnesota Legislature’s 2025 session sputtered to an uneventful end Monday night as lawmakers spent little time passing budget bills and blamed each other for not finishing their work. There was scant activity in the tied House and DFL-controlled Senate on the Legislature’s final day,

It was less of a sprint and more like a slow walk to the end of session on Monday, the constitutional deadline for the Minnesota Legislature to wrap up its work for the year.