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6 days ago | 
kttc.com | Quinn Gorham
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – When lawmakers return to the House and Senate chambers on Monday, they’ll have just one more week before their May 19th adjournment deadline. By that date, they’ll need to draft a finalized state budget, pass it through both chambers, and send it to the governor’s desk; but one key piece to the puzzle is still missing. Legislative leaders in the House and Senate, as well as Governor Tim Walz, have yet to agree on global budget targets.
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6 days ago | 
keyc.com | Quinn Gorham
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – As legislative leaders continue this week to negotiate key state budget details late into the night, several DFL lawmakers say there are certain issues they won’t accept as bargaining chips. Minnesota’s POCI (People of Color and Indigenous) caucus gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to advocate for protecting some of those programs.
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6 days ago | 
valleynewslive.com | Quinn Gorham
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – As legislative leaders continue this week to negotiate key state budget details late into the night, several DFL lawmakers say there are certain issues they won’t accept as bargaining chips. Minnesota’s POCI (People of Color and Indigenous) caucus gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to advocate for protecting some of those programs.
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6 days ago | 
kttc.com | Quinn Gorham
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – As legislative leaders continue this week to negotiate key state budget details late into the night, several DFL lawmakers say there are certain issues they won’t accept as bargaining chips. Minnesota’s POCI (People of Color and Indigenous) caucus gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to advocate for protecting some of those programs.
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1 week ago | 
kfyrtv.com | Quinn Gorham
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – Newly proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, or SNAP, program could have the state of Minnesota paying an additional $220 million to keep the program running. Congressional Republicans are looking to advance a proposal that would, among other things, pass along 25% of current SNAP costs to the states. The changes aim to slash a significant amount of spending at the federal level.
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1 week ago | 
northernnewsnow.com | Quinn Gorham
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – Newly proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, or SNAP, program could have the state of Minnesota paying an additional $220 million to keep the program running. Congressional Republicans are looking to advance a proposal that would, among other things, pass along 25% of current SNAP costs to the states. The changes aim to slash a significant amount of spending at the federal level.
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1 week ago | 
kttc.com | Quinn Gorham
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – Newly proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, or SNAP, program could have the state of Minnesota paying an additional $220 million to keep the program running. Congressional Republicans are looking to advance a proposal that would, among other things, pass along 25% of current SNAP costs to the states. The changes aim to slash a significant amount of spending at the federal level.
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1 week ago | 
northernnewsnow.com | Quinn Gorham
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – At the start of the year, Minnesota’s House Republicans pushed to introduce a new House Fraud Committee into the state legislature. The committee was created as part of a power-sharing agreement between DFLers and Republicans, who each have 67 members in the legislature this year. While every other committee in the tied Minnesota House has shared power, split evenly between Republicans and DFLers, the Fraud Committee has a 5-3 Republican slant.
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1 week ago | 
valleynewslive.com | Quinn Gorham
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – At the start of the year, Minnesota’s House Republicans pushed to introduce a new House Fraud Committee into the state legislature. The committee was created as part of a power-sharing agreement between DFLers and Republicans, who each have 67 members in the legislature this year. While every other committee in the tied Minnesota House has shared power, split evenly between Republicans and DFLers, the Fraud Committee has a 5-3 Republican slant.
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1 week ago | 
kttc.com | Quinn Gorham
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – At the start of the year, Minnesota’s House Republicans pushed to introduce a new House Fraud Committee into the state legislature. The committee was created as part of a power-sharing agreement between DFLers and Republicans, who each have 67 members in the legislature this year. While every other committee in the tied Minnesota House has shared power, split evenly between Republicans and DFLers, the Fraud Committee has a 5-3 Republican slant.
