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Legislature Begins in Unknown Territory
On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, the Minnesota Legislature convened the 2025 legislative session, but while most first days are largely ceremonial, this year the House of Representatives got off to a rocky start.
The 2025 Minnesota legislative session begins today, January 14, 2025.
This morning Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the November budget forecast, detailing the projected changes to the state’s budget since the end of the 2024 legislative session. This yearly forecast is released leading up to the legislative session and then an additional forecast is released in February to assist in the crafting of a biennial budget.
Yesterday Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flannagan released their budget recommendations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27, officially kicking off the state’s development of a biennial budget. The proposal outlines the governor’s spending priorities, along with making a series of changes to the state tax code. Minnesota enacts a budget each biennium, or every…
Larkin Hoffman Launches New Ancillary Service: Larkin Hoffman Public Affairs Larkin Hoffman has launched a new ancillary service, Larkin Hoffman Public Affairs (LHPA), which will bring together the firm’s growing capabilities in government relations and public affairs, including association management, grassroots coordination and strategic communications. The LHPA team provides comprehensive services at all levels of…
Midterm elections are infamously bad for the party that controls the White House, and with Democratic President Joe Biden’s approval rate hovering in the low 40s, most pundits expected some form of “Red Wave” across the country. While votes continue to be counted nationwide and the majorities in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House…
