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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House panel hears proposed expansion of state broadband office 3/19/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- Highspeed internet access is Minnesota.
- My name is Mika Bear, and I'm a lifelong resident of Minnesota.
- </c><00:04:23.680><c> I</c><00:04:23.840><c> was</c> a lifelong resident of Minnesota.
- I was a lifelong resident of Minnesota.
- Director Maki, thank you, Chair and uh the state of Minnesota in in 2023 I uh the state of Minnesota
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25
State Government Finance and Policy
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- </c> take the office of the Minnesota take the office of the Minnesota Secretary<00:04:17.120><c> of<
- </c> population and the Aging of Minnesota population and the Aging of Minnesota needs<00:36:36.560><
- I work with Move Minnesota Action.
- </c><01:11:36.440><c> Transportation</c><01:11:37.040><c> chair</c> uh GOP transport Transportation chair
- Minnesota.
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House State Government Finance and Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Capital Investment Bill - 06/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- For the University of Minnesota, $60 million under the GO bill column; for Minnesota State, $60 million
- <c> improvement</c> transportation, local road improvement transportation, local road improvement program
- </c> replacement. 1 million for Minnesota replacement. 1 million for Minnesota Rail<00:04:01.760><c>
- Then there is a grant to the Minnesota Transportation Museum from the general fund of $750,000.
- </c><00:23:06.320><c> and</c> contracts for the transportation and contracts for the transportation and
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- So, um, I don't know if we have room for those, but that's how we orchestrated the transportation bill
- I appreciate the support of a lot of the members on this committee for the transportation bill and the
- So, um, I don't know if we have room for those, but that's how we orchestrated the transportation bill
- , all of Minnesota.
- , all of Minnesota.
Committee:
House Capital Investment
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Governor Tim Walz Media Availability 2/27/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- Our goal is to keep Minnesota on solid financial footing, ready to handle whatever comes.
- Those things, for the first time in almost a decade, we've seen immigration, and Minnesota is one of
- </c><00:02:51.760><c> an</c> what was necessary to make Minnesota an what was necessary to make Minnesota
- The national average Minnesota is 2.1%.
- </c> Minnesota. Just ask them to stop that. Minnesota. Just ask them to stop that.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
The Cost of Special Education – Senator Jason Rarick Feb 17th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- Nearly 145,000 K-12 students received special education services in Minnesota last year.
- Is there any conversation around transportation specifically for those costs?
- Is there any conversation around transportation specifically for those costs?
- Is there any conversation around transportation specifically for those costs? There has been some.
- </c><00:10:11.560><c> uses</c> education in Minnesota uses education in Minnesota uses reimbursements
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- </c><00:30:27.200><c> was</c> than 1% of the state of Minnesota was than 1% of the state of Minnesota
- </c> deeper dive into the state of Minnesota deeper dive into the state of Minnesota tax<00:42:25.200
- </c> transportation committee. transportation committee.
- The bill represents a Minnesota.
- We are a Alliance of Minnesota.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/18/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
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- So, um, yeah, Chair Pappas, uh, our Senator Pappas, welcome. 92 Minnesota Transportation Museum.
- It's just north of the Capitol, the Minnesota Transportation Museum, a really, really fun place to take
- Minnesota Transportation is a small nonprofit with a big mission run primarily by volunteers.
- Minnesota Transportation is a small nonprofit with a big mission run primarily by volunteers.
- </c><00:36:37.599><c> list</c><00:36:38.119><c> Transportation</c> schools in Minnesota list Transportation
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
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Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 56 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
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- Of the $1.3 billion in this bill, $716 million, or 54%, will be dedicated toward transportation needs
- Other areas of transportation funding include $80 million for supplemental Chapter 98 to ensure every
- By further improving our education, By further improving our educational and transportation sectors,
- Speaker Hortman served as a state representative in Minnesota from 2005 to 2025, and as Speaker from
- A graduate of Boston University in 1991, the University of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Law
Summary:
The House first adopted several noncontroversial resolutions, including congratulations to the Rotary Club of Watertown for its 100 years of service and to Mystic Valley Elder Services on its 50th anniversary. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 to advance a petition establishing a sick leave bank for a Massachusetts Department of Transportation employee, James Caruso, sending that matter to the Committee on Public Service. The chamber then recessed and later confirmed a quorum after a roll call was called and withdrawn.
The main substantive item was House Bill 4227, the final conference committee report on supplemental FY2025 appropriations using FY2024 fair share surtax surplus funds. Members heard that the bill would spend about $1.38 billion, with roughly $716 million for transportation and $593 million for education. Transportation funding included support for the MBTA, regional transit authorities, Chapter 98, and municipal bridges and culverts; education funding included special education circuit breaker reimbursements, higher education deferred maintenance, vocational school capital, early education supports, endowment matches, and Green School Works. The House accepted the conference report by a roll call vote of 146-3, then passed the bill to be engrossed and later enacted it by a roll call vote of 148-4.
The House also advanced House No. 422, establishing a sick leave bank for Esther Adafwa of the Department of Mental Health. The bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed. Throughout the session, the House observed moments of recognition and silence for guests and for the deaths of Richard Serino Sr. and Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, and it adopted an order to adjourn in Hortman’s memory, with the House set to meet again Monday at 11 a.m.
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- Um Minnesota has 12 circulation.
- Um, uh, in 2024, in Minnesota.
- </c> across the state of Minnesota. across the state of Minnesota.
- </c> Education Minnesota, followed by Mr. Education Minnesota, followed by Mr.
- </c> Caitlyn Snyder with Education Minnesota. Caitlyn Snyder with Education Minnesota.
Committee:
House Education Policy
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- </c><00:14:12.199><c> DOT</c> looking to charge the Minnesota DOT looking to charge the Minnesota DOT
- </c><00:32:19.799><c> Department</c> minkler from the uh Minnesota Department minkler from the uh Minnesota
- Of those, 75% were in Greater Minnesota, 18% in the metro area.
- </c> 75% um were in the in Greater Minnesota 75% um were in the in Greater Minnesota and<01:31:34.800
- </c> uh greater Minnesota and 18 in Minnesota uh greater Minnesota and 18 in Minnesota and<01:31:40.520
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate Press Conference 4/8/25
Transcript Highlights:
- The Minnesota Ambulance Association represents over 90% of the ground ambulance volume in Minnesota.
- </c> patients transported to the ED. patients transported to the ED.
- I serve the western part of Minnesota.
- </c> need Minnesota to back us up. Thank you. need Minnesota to back us up. Thank you.
- </c> Minnesota because that was the case. Minnesota because that was the case.
Summary:
The meeting focused on the financial and workforce crisis facing Minnesota emergency medical services, especially ground ambulance providers in rural areas. Michael Johnson of the Minnesota Ambulance Association said EMS serves more than 600,000 Minnesotans a year and argued that reimbursement rates do not cover the cost of readiness, staffing, and 24/7 response. He and others called for ongoing EMS sustainability funding of about $50 million, higher Medicaid reimbursement, and continued support for EMT/paramedic scholarships, first responder training, and high school EMS programs.
Senator Grant Hoschild and Representative Jeff Backer echoed the urgency, describing EMS as a moral imperative and emphasizing that rural communities cannot wait for ambulances when lives are at risk. Backer, who also volunteers as an EMT, described staffing shortages, reliance on volunteers, and a recent cardiac arrest response to illustrate the importance of local EMS coverage. Becca Hitch of PUM Area EMS said rural services are paid only when patients are transported, not for responding or treating on scene, and that one-time aid helped but did not solve underlying deficits.
Bradley Peterson of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities said local governments that hold ambulance licenses are being forced to absorb unrecovered costs through property taxes, and that state support is needed to prevent service failures and rising local burdens. In response to questions, speakers said a 2023 statewide study found about $120 million in need, with roughly half tied to operational deficits and half to volunteer support; last year’s aid included about $24 million for rural services and some improvements in volunteer call pay and equipment needs. They also discussed a proposed 10% Medicaid increase, possible special tax district ideas, and the need to target any new funding toward rural services most at risk.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Media Availability on Budget Agreement - 05/14/26
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- Minnesota. We insisted and passed rental Minnesota.
- Minnesota Minnesota to<00:03:02.840><c> stabilize</c><00:03:03.959><c> and</c><00:03:04.160><c> build
- </c> the Minnesota Senate to act and we have. the Minnesota Senate to act and we have.
- and transportation funding for the state of Minnesota, and that is not impaired by this holiday on tabbies
- </c> an ongoing commitment to transportation an ongoing commitment to transportation and<00:09:33.680
Summary:
A Minnesota Senate leader discussed the end-of-session budget deal and said the Senate had passed a comprehensive budget that addresses several recent crises and federal policy changes. He highlighted funding to respond to gun violence, Metro Surge, and the effects of a federal Republican budget bill, saying the package includes retroactive medical assistance coverage, support to keep SNAP functioning, $10 million for food banks and shelves, rental assistance, and aid for counties and property taxpayers. He also said the Senate secured $205 million for HCMC, a $30 million uncompensated care pool for other distressed hospitals, and a $500 million health care stabilization reserve, along with a one-year license tab fee reduction and a $1.2 billion bonding bill.
He said some priorities were left out or rejected in negotiations, including small business relief, low-income rent, energy assistance, rural EMS stabilization, a manufactured home bill of rights, a social media platform data collection tax, and proposals to block private equity from nursing homes and single-family homes. He also said the House Speaker had promised but not brought a gun vote to the floor, and he expressed disappointment that immigration-related action and some gun control measures did not advance further. He defended the rental assistance as available to Minnesotans regardless of documentation status and said it was not tied only to Operation Metro Surge.
The leader also addressed concerns about payment withholding and program integrity in human services, saying the goal was to fight fraud without cutting services. He said hospitals seeking access to the stabilization reserve would need to show distress and financial need, and that both the governor and a legislative advisory committee would have to approve. He closed by saying the process had been difficult and too much negotiation had moved into backroom settings, but that the chambers were working toward an orderly conclusion and that he expected the remaining bills to be finalized and sent to the governor.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26 - Part 2
Transportation Finance and Policy
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- </c> utility projects across Minnesota. utility projects across Minnesota.
- Chair and members of the transportation committee. My name is Steve Huer.
- c><00:09:31.040><c> to</c> transportation system is supposed to transportation system is supposed to
- </c> Um, so Hayden AI is a transportation Um, so Hayden AI is a transportation technology<00:12:28.639
- I'm here representing Drive Electric Minnesota.
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Leader Media Availability 6/6/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- Could I just say about transportation?
- Let's take transportation for session.
- </c> county piece and the transportation county piece and the transportation bill,<00:03:19.280><c> uh
- </c> concerning but our transportation concerning but our transportation co-chairs<00:03:48.799><c> and
- </c> we're making sure that Minnesota we're making sure that Minnesota families<00:19:33.120><c> aren't
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- </c><00:13:31.760><c> we'd</c> across the state of Minnesota we'd across the state of Minnesota we'd
- um time the amount of Transportation um time the amount of Transportation<00:25:45.840><c> time</c><
- </c> the trajectory that so many Minnesota the trajectory that so many Minnesota school<00:48:48.440>
- </c> the possibility that the transportation the possibility that the transportation Aid<00:57:48.319
- We know Minnesota is great. I love Minnesota.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
MN
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- </c> holistic view of serving transportation holistic view of serving transportation for<00:21:00.400
- One in five and older in Minnesota.
- </c><01:02:58.240><c> live</c> people in the state of Minnesota live people in the state of Minnesota
- </c> non-emergency medical transportation non-emergency medical transportation services.<01:10:55.760
- And the transportation bills.
Committee:
Senate Finance
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
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- </c><00:05:02.199><c> rules</c> drive currently the Minnesota rules drive currently the Minnesota rules
- </c> of government Affairs for the Minnesota of government Affairs for the Minnesota Automobile<00:42
- Minnesota Minnesota vehicles<00:53:48.240><c> uh</c><00:53:48.400><c> thank</c><00:53:48.559><c> you
- </c> government Affairs at the Minnesota government Affairs at the Minnesota Automobile<00:54:09.559>
- In December 2012, MnDOT released a report, Minnesota Moving Ahead: Transportation Funding for the Next
Bills:
HF2382 , HF639 , SF1075 , HF1243 , HF1087 , SF1360 , HF739 , HF2337 , HF1220 , HF712 , HF1219
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 03/21/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
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- </c> of Minnesota. of Minnesota.
- </c><00:51:43.440><c> They</c> in Maplewood, Minnesota. That's 3M. They in Maplewood, Minnesota.
- Minnesota Minnesota roads safer. It is Minnesota Minnesota roads safer.
- </c> transportation committee. transportation committee.
- </c> the state of Minnesota, and Wisconsin. the state of Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
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- </c> gave to the people of Minnesota. gave to the people of Minnesota.
- Those are classified in Minnesota.
- </c><00:25:44.880><c> We</c> Minnesota supports this bill. We Minnesota supports this bill.
- I'm with Move Minnesota Action, where we advocate for a sustainable transportation system in the state
- of Minnesota.
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy