Monday Morning’s Hot Cup of Political Realitea April 20 – April 24, 2026 Wolves in 5 🏀. The week of April 20 marks the beginning of the Timberwolves playoff run, and a shift from committee work to negotiations and floor votes at the Minnesota State Capitol. Lawmakers set three committee deadlines early in the session. Bills had to be acted on in their house of origin by the buzzer on March 27 (first and second deadlines). The final deadline for major appropriation and finance bills...

No tea last week because we were on a breaaaaak! But just like Ross and Rachel, the Minnesota Legislature was bound to get back together for a final sprint toward omnibus bills and deadlines. While national and local events kept headlines swirling, the political world still served up plenty of drama at Central Perk ☕️ RECESS RUNDOWN: With the first major policy bill deadline hitting on March 27, the Legislature entered its spring recess—officially the Easter/Passover break—from the...

After last week’s blizzard, Minnesota’s 70-degree weekend mimics the wild swings at the Capitol on this Manic Monday. The melting snow revealed work left und one, and lawmakers returned to Saint Paul to dig out from a backlog of hearings and approaching committee deadlines. Legislators and staff are working hard to make progress before the March 27 policy bill deadline . ‘SUP GOVERNOR: Governor Tim Walz rolled out new proposed supplemental budget that would tax large social media...