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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Republican Leaders Address Tax & Affordability Concerns for Minnesotans - 04/15/26
Transcript Highlights:
- As a result, Minnesota is less competitive.
- </c><00:02:58.960><c> more</c> and start making Minnesota more and start making Minnesota more affordable
- </c><00:03:35.960><c> are</c> Uh license tab fees in Minnesota are Uh license tab fees in Minnesota are
- </c> 2018, we prioritized transportation 2018, we prioritized transportation money<00:03:44.680><c> with
- ><c> afford-</c> Minnesota, prioritizing the afford- Minnesota, prioritizing the afford- affordability
Summary:
Republican senators held a Tax Day press event focused on affordability, arguing that DFL control has led to overspending, higher taxes, and reduced competitiveness in Minnesota. They criticized recent state tax increases and proposed new taxes, including taxes on social media and advertising, extending sales tax to legal and accounting services, a higher income tax tier, a statewide property tax, and a housing-related sales tax amendment. They also contrasted Minnesota policy with federal tax relief, saying Minnesotans need spending restraint, fraud reduction, and a smaller, more efficient state government instead of additional revenue measures.
Senator Dziedzic focused on transportation costs, especially high license tab fees, saying residents are overwhelmed by taxes and fees and that the state should fund roads and bridges with existing money rather than raising fees. He cited a House proposal to quintuple tab fees and said Minnesota’s vehicle ownership costs are far higher than neighboring states. Senator Kunesh focused on property taxes, saying homeownership is becoming unaffordable because of state spending and unfunded mandates passed on to local governments. He argued that Democrats’ 2023 spending drove up property taxes and warned that a proposed statewide property tax would worsen the housing crisis and hurt families, seniors, and first-time buyers.
In response to questions, the senators said their caucus is open to companion bills and some targeted tax relief measures, including conformity with federal changes such as tax treatment of tips and overtime and Section 179 business provisions. They said they support transportation investment but want it funded through existing resources and better prioritization, not new taxes or fees. They also discussed possible bonding negotiations and said they are still evaluating proposals related to HCMC and a one-time property tax rebate, which they described as insufficient compared with the need for permanent relief. No votes or formal actions were taken.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- representing student transportation providers across the state of Minnesota.
- representing student transportation providers across the state of Minnesota.
- representing student transportation providers across the state of Minnesota.
- </c><00:21:18.720><c> of</c><00:21:18.960><c> Minnesota</c> the safe transportation of Minnesota the
- I serve as the director of people transportation for Minnesota.
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
All aboard for K.C. and Fargo? 3/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There are alternative transportation options where alternative transportation exists; there are expanded
- There are alternative transportation options where alternative transportation exists; there are expanded
- There are alternative transportation options where alternative transportation exists; there are expanded
- </c> matter and your commitment to Minnesota. matter and your commitment to Minnesota.
- </c> Brian Nelson with All Board Minnesota. Brian Nelson with All Board Minnesota.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/13/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Everyone to the April 13th, 2026, Minnesota House of Representatives Transportation Finance and Policy
- This image on the screen there shows 60 people in different modes of transportation. in Minnesota.
- Gog, Minnesota Department of Transportation. share these numbers in real time, and we share these numbers
- Gog Uh, Minnesota<01:32:01.360><c> Department</c><01:32:01.680><c> of</c><01:32:01.720><c> Transportation
- Minnesota Department of Transportation has several concerns with the bill as currently drafted and appreciates
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, welcome everyone to the first hearing of 2026 for the Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee
- </c> transportation.
- special transportation.
- </c> Association of Minnesota Counties. Association of Minnesota Counties.
- Minnesota. So, thanks again to you and Minnesota.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Interagency Council on Student Attendance created 3/4/26
Transcript Highlights:
- We see it overlaps with um Minnesota Department of Education, Children, Youth and Family, Transportation
- Um, transportation. And was important. Um, transportation.
- </c> We see it overlaps with um Minnesota We see it overlaps with um Minnesota Department<00:04:44.240
- ,</c><00:04:46.880><c> Department</c> and Family, Transportation, Department and Family, Transportation
- We see transportation challenges.
Summary:
The committee heard House File 3585, as amended, which would create an interagency council on student attendance and re-refer the bill to education finance. Representative Keeler moved the bill and an A1 amendment that corrected the council’s placement from the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to the Department of Education; the amendment was adopted. Keeler and Representative Bakeberg described the bill as the product of several years of bipartisan work on chronic absenteeism and truancy, emphasizing that attendance problems involve multiple systems and require ongoing coordination rather than a single-agency response.
Testimony was strongly supportive. Matt Shaver of Allies cited statewide chronic absenteeism data and argued that schools cannot solve the problem alone because root causes such as housing, transportation, health, and economic instability lie outside school control. Assistant Commissioner Angela Mansfield of MDE said the task force and pilot districts showed coordination gaps and supported the council, while also noting MDE’s Compass staff would need permanent funding to carry out the work. Ashley High Totower of Hennepin County’s BEET program said attendance is a public health, child welfare, transportation, housing, and economic issue, and Kenneth Avon of the Minneapolis Foundation said absenteeism is an ecological problem requiring cross-sector coordination.
Student witnesses also supported the bill but urged stronger youth representation. Henry Brick of Catalyst for Systems Change said students understand the causes of absenteeism best and proposed expanding student seats on the council from one to five. Ava Northrup of the Minnesota Youth Council said youth voices should be more than symbolic and suggested two youth representatives, one from the metro and one from greater Minnesota, plus additional youth task forces or panels. In member discussion, Representative Lawrence questioned whether the council duplicated existing MDE work, asked who would coordinate the group, and raised the lack of a sunset; Keeler and Bakeberg said the Department of Education would coordinate and that a sunset could be considered later. Other members asked about fiscal impact, and the chair said a fiscal note had been requested and the bill would move on to education finance.
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Transcript Highlights:
- </c> to do with employees in Minnesota to do with employees in Minnesota senator<00:06:47.440><c> thank
- </c> history of how we got this in Minnesota history of how we got this in Minnesota so<00:09:58.800>
- </c><00:10:19.160><c> law</c> it wasn't codified into Minnesota law it wasn't codified into Minnesota
- Airplanes out of Duluth, Minnesota.
- </c> know if we heard it in transportation know if we heard it in transportation when<00:38:05.200><c
Committee:
Senate Taxes
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Line 15 is the Minnesota Center for the Book Reduction.
- Line 17 shows the Minnesota Youth Council from the Minnesota Alliance with Youth. Increase.
- Minnesota showed us that you value us and the work we do.
- Now we need Minnesota to support us back.
- This is a significant shortage area in Minnesota.
Bills:
HF1388
Committee:
House Education Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> in Minnesota. in Minnesota.
- </c> the safe transport of individuals. the safe transport of individuals.
- </c> or transport a person, and transport or transport a person, and transport could<01:14:48.240><c>
- Can Minnesota do this? And front of us. Can Minnesota do this?
- </c> deserve to be transported safely. deserve to be transported safely.
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- She's the executive director of the Minnesota Transportation Alliance.
- Margaret Donaho, the executive director of the Minnesota Transportation Alliance, and we really appreciate
- </c> executive director of the Minnesota executive director of the Minnesota Transportation<00:41:34.359
- </c> the executive director of the Minnesota the executive director of the Minnesota Transportation<00
- c> action</c> move Minnesota and move Minnesota action move Minnesota and move Minnesota action I<01:
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We will do better for the residents in this area and save Minnesota taxpayers transit and transportation
- taxpayers Transit and and save Minnesota taxpayers Transit and transportation transportation transportation
- ><c> need</c><00:36:22.280><c> Transportation</c> Corridor we need Transportation Corridor we need Transportation
- </c> different Bill related in transportation different Bill related in transportation I<00:36:39.280
- </c> what I heard in Transportation what I heard in Transportation today<00:37:29.680><c> this</c><00
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Electricity as Vehicle Fuel Working Group 9/15/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Nancy Doenberger, and I'm privileged to serve as Commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Transportation
- I'm Margaret Dano, executive director of the Minnesota Transportation Alliance.
- Thank you. transportation system in Minnesota. Uh transportation system in Minnesota.
- Minnesota Department of Transportation.
- But, um, next up we have an overview by the Minnesota Department of Transportation, my colleagues here
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Human services committee considers HF973 3/12/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota has been trying to build a statewide mental health crisis system for over 20 years.
- Minnesota has been trying to build a statewide mental health crisis system for over 20 years.
- um we want people to be Minnesota um we want people to be transported<00:07:47.919><c> with</c><00:07
- </c> Center uh in Southeastern Minnesota Center uh in Southeastern Minnesota serving<00:08:20.360><c>
- </c><00:08:36.680><c> we</c> services in Southeastern Minnesota we services in Southeastern Minnesota
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Transportation committee approves HF566 3/17/25
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> president of the league of Minnesota president of the league of Minnesota cities<00:02:35.200><c
- </c> file 566 to help Greater Minnesota file 566 to help Greater Minnesota communities<00:04:46.160><
- Ken Johnson, assistant state traffic engineer with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office
- <00:07:48.680><c> Department</c><00:07:49.000><c> of</c><00:07:49.360><c> Transportation</c> Minnesota
- Department of Transportation Minnesota Department of Transportation Office<00:07:50.639><c> of</c><00
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Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:19:12.520><c> Bureau</c> superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau superintendent of the Minnesota
- State Patrol. the Minnesota state patrol first of all the Minnesota state patrol first of all um<00:
- , which is basically done in concert with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, which I'll get
- </c> concert with um uh the Minnesota concert with um uh the Minnesota Department<01:17:40.800><c> of
- This is the joint effort with the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/04/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> for the University of Minnesota for the University of Minnesota extension<01:11:29.960><c> rsdp<
- under non non emergency transport under non non emergency medical<01:20:19.840><c> transport</c><01:
- </c><01:20:34.800><c> um</c><01:20:34.920><c> Minnesota</c> director of Nami Minnesota um Minnesota director
- of Nami Minnesota um Minnesota has<01:20:35.560><c> been</c><01:20:35.719><c> trying</c><01:20:36.000
- </c> removes any co-payments from Minnesota removes any co-payments from Minnesota care<01:22:48.800>
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:02:11.680><c> and</c> miles across the state of Minnesota and miles across the state of Minnesota
- So the highlights there include $75 million for Minnesota State and the University of Minnesota, $54
- </c> State and the University of Minnesota. State and the University of Minnesota.
- </c> renovating the transportation building. renovating the transportation building.
- Minnesota. Minnesota. >> Chair<00:25:06.000><c> Lily.</c> >> Chair Lily.
Committee:
House Capital Investment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- .<01:47:50.880><c> Transportation</c><01:47:51.600><c> has</c> transportation.
- Transportation has transportation. Transportation has dedicated<01:47:52.560><c> funds.
- in the state of transportation in the state of Minnesota.<01:48:27.840><c> So,</c><01:48:28.000><c>
- <01:53:34.960><c> Department</c><01:53:35.280><c> of</c><01:53:35.360><c> Transportation</c> Minnesota
- Department of Transportation Minnesota Department of Transportation estimates<01:53:36.480><c> there
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> rules changed in the state of Minnesota. rules changed in the state of Minnesota.
- </c><00:35:37.119><c> Transportation</c> well as the Minnesota Transportation well as the Minnesota Transportation
- , Minnesota Association Association, Minnesota Counties,<00:36:07.839><c> and</c><00:36:08.079><c> Minnesota
- </c> League of Minnesota. Okay. League of Minnesota. Okay.
- Minnesota. That's part of why the ask Minnesota.
Bills:
HF4680 , HF4047 , HF4590 , HF3757 , HF3569 , HF4507 , HF4426 , HF4927 , HF4788 , HF4757 , HF4747 , HF3561 , HF4014 , HF4013 , HF4689 , HF4766 , HF4589
Committee:
House Capital Investment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Human Services - 02/19/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:21:25.000><c> is</c> to be done to ensure that Minnesota is to be done to ensure that Minnesota
- It's eight different companies that probably have about 600 vehicles in rural Minnesota that do transports
- Assisted transportation and also include a $2 million annual appropriation to address transportation
- of Minnesota counties and the<01:19:17.600><c> Minnesota</c><01:19:18.080><c> Intercounty</c><01:19:
- in central Minnesota, the metro, and into southeastern Minnesota.
Committees:
Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services