Minnesota Budget Bites

Common-sense measures to remove barriers to health care, food support, and other needed services will continue, thanks to legislation passed in the June special legislative session.

What did and did not happen in the June special session to address Minnesotans' health, safety, and economic priorities?

The COVID-19 crisis, and the longstanding crises in policing and racial inequity in Minnesota, have damaged our health, livelihoods, and communities. Policymakers must take bold steps to better ensure Minnesotans can stay healthy, safe, and get by economically in the immediate term, and invest in resilience in all communities for the future.

For over a decade, unaffordable housing costs due to persistently low wages has been the reality for too many Minnesota families.