Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) today issued the latest Budget and Economic Forecast. For the current budget period FY 2026-2027, there is a projected surplus of $2.465 billion due to what MMB says is a “better-than-expected fiscal year close and higher near-term revenue collections”. These increased revenue collections were partially offset by increased spending estimates. ...
On November 4, 2025, voters in Duluth, Minnesota approved a Right to Repair ballot initiative, granting tenants a right to repair certain defects in residential rental units when applicable requirements are met.[1] This ordinance affects landlords of property in the city of Duluth and went into effect on November 10, 2025. What is a Right ...
Insights from Kyle Kroll and MSBA’s Bench + Bar Kyle Kroll co-authored an article entitled “Clerkships are a Career Launcher Like No Other,” featured in the MSBA’s Bench + Bar on October 28, 2025. The article emphasizes that pursuing a clerkship is one of the most valuable steps a lawyer can take in building their ...
Special Election 34B – Speaker Emerita Hortman Seat Following the horrific events of the early morning of June 14, including the assassination of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, Governor Tim Walz has called for a special election. A primary will be held on August 12, with the general special election on September 16. The following candidates ...
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July 16, 2025
The 2023 Legislature passed a suite of new laws that expanded who must register as a lobbyist, particularly in regards to lobbying local governments. (A description of those changes can be found here.) While the prior law only required registration and reporting if you were lobbying at the state level or within certain communities in ...
Regular Session Ends The Minnesota Legislature adjourned the 2025 Regular Session on Monday night, but a special session looms on the horizon as legislators failed to pass a complete budget. Despite meeting through the weekend and on Monday, little progress was made to get to final resolution. Each caucus held a press conference or media ...
Governor and Legislative Leaders Agree to Budget Targets On Thursday of this week, the Governor and legislative leaders announced that they had reached agreement on budget targets, a copy of which can be found here. While this deal is welcome, it comes too late for any realistic hope that the budget work will be completed by ...
Budget Status Summary With the end of the 2025 legislative session fast approaching, legislators are working to approve the omnibus finance bills necessary to implement a FY 2026-2027 Biennial Budget. Legislative leaders and the Governor continue to work behind closed doors on global targets with rumors swirling that a deal is within grasp. However, as ...
State of Affairs With the constitutionally-mandated end of session just over two weeks away (Monday, May 19), much work remains to be done in order to pass a two-year budget. The first conference committee appointments have just been made, but no conference committees have even had an opportunity to schedule a meeting yet, and several ...
It’s All Budget Bills Following a weeklong break for Passover and Easter, the legislature is back to work and quickly moving omnibus bills through the legislative process. Finance committees had to pass their two-year budget recommendations before break. This week, those bills have been passing through the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and ...
Winthrop is proud to sponsor the upcoming Upper Midwest Convenience Store and Energy Convention (UMCS) taking place at the Saint Paul RiverCentre from April 7-9, 2025. (UMCS) is a joint venture between FUELING MINNESOTA and the FUELIowa trade associations consisting of more than 1,200 regular member companies and 420 associate companies in the states of Minnesota and Iowa. ...
April 7-9, 2025